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18 Cards in this Set
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militia
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groups of civilians trained to fight in emergencies
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exports
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goods that are sold abroad
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smuggling
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trading illegally with other nations
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subsistence farming
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producing just enough crops to meet the needs of one's family
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cash crop
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crop that can be easily sold
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backcountry
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region of hills and forests climbing up toward the Appalachian Mountains
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overseers
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bosses hired by plantation owners to keep slaves working hard
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tidewater
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region of flat, low lying plains along the Southern seacoast
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charter colonies
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settlements established by groups to whom Great Britain had given a grant of rights and privileges
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proprietary colonies
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settlements ruled by those to whom Great Britain had granted land
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Iroquois Confederacy
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a powerful group of Native Americans in the eastern part of the United States made up of five nations: Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida
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import
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a good bought from foreign markets
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literacy
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the ability to read and write
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diversity
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variety or difference
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speculator
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person who risks money in order to make a large profit
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apprentice
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assistant who is assigned to learn the trade of a skilled craftsman
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triangular trade
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a trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, American colonies, and West Africa
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mercantilism
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the theory that a state's or nation's power depended on its wealth
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