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24 Cards in this Set
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Colonization
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A group of people who settle in a distant land butare still ruled by the government from which they came (mother country) |
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Cash Crop |
A crop sold for money (profit) at market and or traded for money or othergoods. Early examples were sugar,cotton, and tobacco grown on large plantations (farms). |
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Boycott |
refusing to buy a product |
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Act |
a law |
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Economic |
involving or pertaining to one’s personal resource ofmoney |
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Subsistence farming |
farming to feed your family, not for profit |
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Civil Disobedience |
disobeying the law as an act of protestbody |
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Parliament |
the governing body of England |
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Mercantilism |
Economic system where the parent (mother) country controls all the trade ofits colonies for its own benefit. Thiseconomic idea was one of the main reasons for European colonization of the NewWorld |
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Northwest Passage |
A route sought by explorers whowanted to find a water passage through the North American continent to Asiathus connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. |
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Loyalist |
an American colonist who is loyal to the British King(England) |
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Religious tolerance |
Willingness to let others practice their ownbeliefs |
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Persecution |
mistreatment or punishment of a group of peoplebecause of their beliefs |
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Patriot |
an American colonist who wants independence fromEngland |
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Unalienable Rights |
rights that you have when you are born; they can’t betaken away from you |
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Custom/duty/tariff |
different names meaning “tax" |
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Self-Government |
A governmentunder the control of its own members; thistradition was strengthened through documents like the Mayflower Compact wherethe people on board the Mayflower agreed to control their own affairs |
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Plantation |
A large agricultural property dedicated to planting a few crops on alarge scale; these large estates in the southern colonies grewcash crops such as tobacco and cotton using slave labor |
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Representative Government |
a system where citizens vote to elect people torepresent their interests or concerns |
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Free Enterprise |
an economic system in which businesses are able tocompete with each other with little government interference |
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Region |
a part of a country that is separate or different from other parts insome way |
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Quartering |
the housing and feeding of soldiers |
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Agriculture |
The growing of crops and the raising oflivestock (animals) such as pigs and chickens. |
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Salutary Neglect |
BritishCrown policy of avoiding strict enforcement ofparliamentary laws meant to keep Americancolonies obedient to England. |
