2.4 Transatlantic Trade and the Growth of the Colonies

• What was the primary goal of mercantilism as an economic policy?

  Increase wealth and power
• Mercantilism strengthened colonial economies by allowing free trade with all nations.

  False
• Match the route in the triangular trade with the goods exchanged:

  Europe to Africa ↔️ Manufactured goods

  Africa to Americas ↔️ Enslaved Africans

  Americas to Europe ↔️ Staple crops
• Order the key routes of the triangular trade and the goods exchanged:

  1️⃣ Europe to Africa: Manufactured goods

  2️⃣ Africa to Americas: Enslaved Africans

  3️⃣ Americas to Europe: Staple crops
• Indentured servitude was prominent in the Chesapeake colonies due to the need for cheap labor on tobacco plantations.
• The shift from indentured servitude to slavery was driven by its profitability and the increasing demand for labor.

  True
• The Navigation Acts required all colonial trade to use English ships
• The Navigation Acts ensured England could tax colonial trade
• What goods did Europe send to Africa as part of the triangular trade?

  Manufactured goods, firearms, alcohol
• Which region was the origin of tobacco, sugar, and cotton during the transatlantic trade?

  Americas
• Slavery in the colonies primarily relied on the forced labor of enslaved Africans
• The shift from indentured servitude to slavery was driven by its greater profitability.


  True
• Match the stakeholder with the effects of mercantilism:

  England ↔️ Increased wealth and power

  Colonies ↔️ Limited trading partners
• The Navigation Acts ensured England could tax and control colonial markets.
• The triangular trade fueled the growth of the transatlantic slave trade and colonial dependence on exporting staple crops.

  True
• The colonies imported manufactured goods from Europe in exchange for staple crops like tobacco and sugar.


  True
• Match the colony type with its primary labor system:

  Chesapeake ↔️ Indentured servitude initially

  Caribbean ↔️ Slavery

  New England ↔️ Family labor
• What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts in regulating colonial trade?

  Control colonial markets
• What staple commodities did the American colonies supply to England under mercantilist policies?

  Tobacco, sugar, cotton
• Match the region with the goods it exported in the triangular trade:

  Europe ↔️ Manufactured goods

  Africa ↔️ Enslaved Africans

  Americas ↔️ Staple crops
• The main staple commodities exchanged during the transatlantic trade were tobacco, sugar, and cotton
• What was indentured servitude in colonial economies?

  Contractual labor system
• In which colonies was indentured servitude most common due to the demand for tobacco labor?

  Chesapeake colonies
• The Navigation Acts required all colonial goods to be transported on English ships and through English ports.
• What staple commodities did the American colonies supply to England under mercantilism?

  Tobacco, sugar, cotton
• How did the triangular trade impact economic diversification in the colonies?

  Hindered economic diversification
• Which continent was the origin of tobacco, sugar, and cotton exchanged in the transatlantic trade?

  Americas
• In which colonies was slavery primarily practiced due to the demand for cash crops like sugar and cotton?

  Caribbean and Southern colonies
• What was the primary goal of mercantilism as an economic policy?

  Accumulating gold and silver
• Mercantilism strengthened England's economy but led to resentment in the colonies.


  True
• What were the three main regions connected by the triangular trade system?

  Europe, Africa, Americas
• The triangular trade fueled the growth of the transatlantic slave trade.


  True
• Match the category with its correct characteristic for indentured servitude and slavery:

  Indentured Servitude ↔️ Contractual agreement

  Slavery ↔️ Involuntary servitude