The Early Economy

Question 1

Why was farming difficult in colonial New England?

Answer 1

long winters and thin, rocky soil

Question 2

List New England’s most important natural resources that could be sold for profit.

Answer 2

fish, oil, lumbar

Question 3

the farmers in New England practiced this kind of farming where the farmer produces enough to meet his families needs

Answer 3

subsistence farming

Question 4

sell abroad, ships from one colony to another colony for trade

Answer 4

export

Question 5

routes that formed a triangle—> ships brought sugar from the West Indies to New England—> made into rum and shipped to West Africa—> traded for slaves

Answer 5

Triangular trade

Question 6

part of the voyage when enslaved Africans were shipped to the West Indies

Answer 6

Middle Passage

Question 7

the economic theory that the colonies provided England with raw materials and English manufacturers made finished goods that they sold back to the colonies

Answer 7

mercantilism

Question 8

to ensure that only England benefited from trade w/ colonies, Parliament passed many laws these acts directed the trade between England and the colonies

Answer 8

Navigation Acts