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19 Cards in this Set
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trading illegally with other nations
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smuggling
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a close association of nations or other groups, formed to advance common interests or causes
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alliance
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assistant who is assigned to learn the trade of a skilled craftsmen
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apprentice
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a region of hills and forests west of the Tide-water
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backcountry
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person who supervises a large operation or its workers
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overseer
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a trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, the American colonies, and West Africa
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triangular trade
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a region of flat, low-lying plains along the seacoast
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tidewater
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the theory that a state's or nation power depended on its wealth
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mercantilism
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the abilility to read and write
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literacy
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to sell goods abroad
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export
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a powerful group of Native Americans in the eastern part of the United Statges made up of five nations: the Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onodaya, and Oneida
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Iroquios Confederacy
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colony established by a group of settlers who had been given a formal document allowing them to settle
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charter colony
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to buy goods from foreign markets
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import
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farm crop raised to be sold for money
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cash crop
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colony run by individuals or groups to whom land was granted
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proprietary colony
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farming in which only enough food to feed ones family is produced
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subsistence farming
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variety of difference
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diversity
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person who risks money in order to make a large profit
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speculator
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a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies
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militia
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