Plantation - A large farm where crops are grown by indentured servants or slaves, Middle Passage - The voyage across the Atlantic Ocean carrying enslaved Africans, Indentured servant - A person who works for a certain amount of time to pay a debt, Navigation Acts - A law that said colonists could only export raw materials to England and goods coming from other countries to the colonies would be taxed, Slave - A person who is owned by someone else and forced to work for no pay, Export - Goods sold to other countries, Mother Country - Country that controls a colony/settlement, Triangular Trade - A trading system where goods and people moved between Europe, West Africa, and the Americas, Cash Crop - Crops like tobacco, cotton, rice, and sugar, Mercantilism - Economic theory that "mother countries" create colonies for their benefit, Import - Goods brought in/bought from other countries,

Mercantilism & Triangular Trade Vocabulary

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