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12 Cards in this Set
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Magna Carta |
said that even kings have to obey laws |
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joint stock company |
a group of investors who put money into a project in order to make a profit |
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colonial times |
began with the settlement of Jamestown in 1607 |
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charter |
written permission to start a country |
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import |
goods that one country buys from another |
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purpose of colonies |
to make money for England by expanding English trade and industry |
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export |
goods that one country sells to another country |
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interdependence |
countries dependent upon each other for trade |
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mother country |
country which has control over colonies |
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great Britain |
was the mother country to the 13 colonies |
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colony |
a community belonging to a distant country |
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demand |
the number of purchasers willing to buy goods at a certain price |