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Lesson 6 - Colonial Economies

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Question 1

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Colonists viewed English trade laws as __________________.

completely fair

creating huge profits for the colonists

benefiting the colonists

unfair

Question 2

2.

New England's "cash crop" was __________________.

cotton

cod

tobacco

corn

Question 3

3.

The poeple who benefited most from the triangular trade were ______________.

merchants in New England

planters in the West Indies

small farmers in the Southern Colonies

merchants in the Middle Colonies

Question 4

4.

Why did England make it illegal for the colonists to make certain goods, like hats, nails, and horseshoes?

Only the people in England knew the right way to make nails.

England wanted the colonists to buy goods from them.

Horseshoes were not needed by the colonists.

It was too expensive to make on their own.

Question 5

5.

Look at the map above of Triangular Trade. What was brought from the west coast of Africa to the West Indies and then to Charleston? (Select one.)

guns

whale oil

sugar

lumber

enslaved Africans

Question 6

6.

Vocabulary Review

Complete the sentence with the correct vocabulary word. USE YOUR GLOSSARY to check the definition of the word before selecting an answer.

Ships on the __________________ route sold products and picked up cargo at each stop.

industry

Middle Passage

triangular trade

Question 7

7.

Vocabulary Review

Complete the sentence with the correct vocabulary word. USE YOUR GLOSSARY to check the definition of the word before selecting an answer.

The forests of New England provided the wood for the shipbuilding _______________.

Middle Passage

triangular trade

industry

Question 8

8.

Vocabulary Review

Complete the sentence with the correct vocabulary word. USE YOUR GLOSSARY to check the definition of the word before selecting an answer.

The ___________________ was the middle part of the three-sided trade.

triangular trade

industry

Middle Passage