chapter 3 vocab

Question 1

gentry

Answer 1

men and women wealthy enough to hire others to work for them

Question 2

mercantilism

Answer 2

economic theory that a country should acquire as much silver and gold as possible by exporting more goods than its import

Question 3

balance of trade

Answer 3

difference in value between imports and exports

Question 4

duty

Answer 4

a tax on imports

Question 5

salutary neglect

Answer 5

great britain’s policy in the early 1700s of not interfering in the american colonies’ politics and economy as long as such neglect served british economic interest

Question 6

staple crop

Answer 6

a crop that is in constant demand like wheat, corn, or rice

Question 7

triangular trade

Answer 7

trade between the americas, europe, and africa

Question 8

apprentice

Answer 8

person placed under a legal contract to work for another person in exchange for learning a trade

Question 9

almanac

Answer 9

book containing information such as calendars and weather predictions

Question 10

indigo

Answer 10

type of plant used in making blue dye for cloth

Question 11

self-sufficient

Answer 11

having the necessary resources to get along without outside help

Question 12

middle passage

Answer 12

one leg of the triangular trade/forced transport of slaves from africa to americas

Question 13

mutiny

Answer 13

revolt against superior authority

Question 14

stono rebellion

Answer 14

salve revolt in south carolina in 1739

Question 15

immigrant

Answer 15

person who enters a new country to settle

Question 16

migration

Answer 16

movement of people for the purpose of settling in a new place

Question 17

great awakening

Answer 17

religious revival in the american colonies in the 1730s and 1740s

Question 18

itinerant

Answer 18

traveling from place to place or on a circuit

Question 19

dissent

Answer 19

difference of opinion or belief