Chapter 18 Vocabulary
Chapter 18 Vocabulary Royal African Company (p. 458) A trading company chartered by the English government in1672 to conduct it merchants? trade on the Atlantic coast of Africa Atlantic system (p. 458) the network of trading links after 1500 that moved goods, wealth, people, and cultures around the Atlantic Ocean basin Chartered Company (p. 460) Groups of private investors who paid and annual fee to France and England in exchange for a monopoly over trade to the West Indies colonies Dutch West India Company (1621 ? 1794) (p. 460) Trading company chartered by the Dutch government to conduct its merchant?s trade in the Americas and Africa. plantocracy