SS Quiz Flashcards
Globalization
People interact world-wide because of international trade
Goods
Something that people need or want
Mercantilism
The idea that a nation should be as wealthy as possible. A nation should have a “favorable balance of trade.” That means it should export (sell) more than it imports (buys).
Triangular trade
Trade among three nations. Each nation has something the other needs.
Middle Passage
The horrible journey that enslaved people made from Africa to the Americas
Natural Resources
Raw Materials that occur naturally and are used to make finished goods
Finished goods
Products that have been created from natural resources
Navigation Acts
limited colonial trade
What is the Navigation Act of 1660?
It forbade colonists from trading specific items such as sugar and cotton with any country other than England. The act also required colonists to use English ships to transport goods.
Great awakening
a religious movement that became widespread in the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s
Johnathan Edwards
Important and influential revivalist leader in the Great Awakening religious movement, he delivered dramatic sermons on the choice between salvation and damnation. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
George Whitefield
British minister that gave powerful sermons and held revivals from Georgia to New England.
What is the significance of the Great Awakening?
It promoted ideas and virtues that may also have affected colonial politics.
What is the impact of the Great Awakening?
-Drew people of different regions, classes, and races.
-Women, members of minority groups, and poor people often took part in services.
-Ministers from different colonies met and shared ideas with one another.
~This represented one of the few exchanges between people from different colonies.
