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Scott Odland
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Social Studies F-8
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Coastal Plain
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A spread of land near bordering an ocean.
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Rotation of crops
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System by which planters moved crops from one field to the next to facilitate the growth on tobacco in the most fertile soil.
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Piedmont
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The fertile land at the foot of a mountain
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Planter
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The owner of a plantation
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Fertile soil
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Land capable of sustaining abundant plant growth
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Surplus
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The amount that remains when use or need is satisfied
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Warehouse
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A large building used for storing a surplus
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Irrigate
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to bring water to an area such as farmland
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Plantation
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An estate on which crops such as coffee sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor
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Cash crop
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a crop produced for its value rather than for use by the grower
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Indigo
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A tropical plant of the pea family, which was formerly widely cultivated as a source of dark blue dye
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House of Burgesses
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The lower house of the colonial virginia legislature
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Triangular trade
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a multilateral system of trading in which a country pays for its imports from one country by its exports to another
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Royal Colony
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A colony ruled or administered by officials appointed by and responsible to the reigning sovereign of the parent state
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Push-Pull Factor
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The push factor involves a force which acts to drive people away from a place and the pull factor is what draw them to a new location
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