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18 Cards in this Set
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subsistence farming
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farming in which only enough food to feed one's family is produced
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triangular trade
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a trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, the American colonies, and West Africa
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cash crop
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farm crop raised to be sold for money
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diversity
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variety or difference
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Tidewater
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a region of flat, low-lying plains along the seacoast
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backcountry
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a region of hills and forests west of Tidewater
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overseer
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person who supervises a large operation or its workers
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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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export
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a good sold abroad
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import
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a good bought from foreign markets
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smuggling
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trading illegally with other nations
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charter colony
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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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proprietary colony
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colony run by individuals or groups to whom land was granted
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apprentice
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assistant who is assigned to learn the trade of a craftsman
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literacy
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the ability to read or write
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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 of of five nations: Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida
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militia
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a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies
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speculator
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person who risks money in order to make a large profit
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