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12 Cards in this Set
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Representative |
someone chosen to speak and act for others |
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Treaty |
official agreement between groups or countries |
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Cost |
a loss or sacrifice |
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Benefit |
a gain or advantage |
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Free Enterprise |
economic system in which people may start any business that they believe will succeed |
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Laborer |
a person who does hard physical work |
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Plantation |
a large farm on which crops are raised by workers who live on the farm |
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Legislature |
a group of people who make laws. The legislature in our country today is called Congress. |
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Refuge |
a safe place. Example: Maryland was a refuge for Catholics. |
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Spiritual |
an African American religious folk song. |
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Southern Colonies - Major resources |
1. Fertile soil (cash crops - tobacco, indigo, rice) 2. Waterways (transportation, trade) 3. Atlantic Ocean (fish, trade) 4. Forests (export lumber to England) |
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Middle Colonies - Major Resources |
1. Fertile Soil (WHEAT - "breadbasket colonies") 2. Deep, wide rivers (transportation, trade) 3. Atlantic Ocean (fish, trade) 4. Forests (export lumber to England, beaver fur trade.) |
