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What was the nickname given to the Atlantic Slave Trade?
Triangular Trade
What is the oldest university in North America, started in 1636?
Harvard
The trip across the Atlantic for slaves became known as the __________________.
MIddle Passage
The idea that countries gain wealth by starting colonies is know as ___________________.
Mercantilism
In a ___________________, power is inherited.
Monarchy
the period of time when people developed new ideas about human existance
the Enlightenment
Who first wrote about Natural Rights?
John Locke
What product was grown/produced in the West Indies and exported to the English Colonies?
sugar/molasses
Farming in the New England region was difficult. Families grew only what they needed. Which term refers to this idea?
subsistence farming
Which industry became popular in the New England region due to the availability of trees and ports?
shipbuilding
Which laws were put in place to control the behaviors and punishments of enslaved people?
slave codes
________________ like rice and indigo were grown in large amounts to be sold for a profit.
cash crops
What are the 3 Natual Rights that were written about during the Enlightenment?
life, liberty, and property
What do we call life with complete freedom, no rules, and no government
a state of nature
Which idea, written about by Rousseau, says that citizens give up some of their freedom in order to get other freedoms?
Social Contract
Name two portions of the colonial population that was not represented in the government.
women, poor, Africans, Native Americans
