Exploration and Colonization Unit 1 Vocabulary

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cash crop

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a crop grown mainly to be sold for profit rather than used by the farmer for food or feeding livestock

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manufactured goods

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products made from raw materials by people using tools or machines to create finished items for use or trade

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mercantilism

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an economic policy in which a country increases its wealth and power by controlling trade and exporting more than it imports

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plantation

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a large farm that grows a single cash crop for sale and often relies on enslaved or low-paid labor

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profit

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the money a person or business has left over after all costs and expenses are paid

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triangular trade

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a system of transatlantic trade that connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas and involved the exchange of goods and enslaved people between the three continents

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Puritans

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A group of English Protestants who wanted to “purify” the Church of England by removing practices they believed were too similar to the Catholic Church.

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charter

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a formal document that grants rights, powers, or privileges, or sets up how something will be organized

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proprietary

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describes something that is owned or controlled under an exclusive legal right.

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agricultural expansion

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the process of increasing the amount of land used for farming and raising livestock