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For the most part, the southern colonies based thier economy on the prodection of
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cash crops
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two of the leading Industries in NE were
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Fishing and Shipbuilding
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By the 1700s the main labor force in the south was made mainly of
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Enslaved africans
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Why did the southern colonies pas slave codes
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to control the freedom of slaves
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The staples crops produced in the middle colonies included
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Wheat, barley and oats
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Indigo was introduced In the south by
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Elizabeth pinckney
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Branches of the colonial gov.
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Governer, Coucil and Assembly
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House of Burgesses
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to represent Virginia's plantations and town
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Town Meetings
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An even that contained people talking about issues and discussing different things
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John Peter Zenger
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He inflicted libel in the newspaper about the royal governer.
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Dominion Of New England
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King james united the American Colonies
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The glorious Revolution
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When king william and mary overthrew Kning James because the people didnt like the Dominion so Wiliam to control as a monarchy
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English Bill of Rights
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To make the power pf parliment supreme to the power of the monarchy
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English Implements
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Free Elections, freedom of speech, fair trials, no unfair punishments
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Mercantilism
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Control trade and become wealthier
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Balance of trade
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Where there is a same amount of imports as ther are exports
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navigational act
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The control of England over the trading of the colonies
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Duties
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the taxes on imports
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Imports
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goods brought into a country
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exports
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goods sent away from one country to another
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Free enterpise
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Colonists can trade with more places than just England and not be controled by the gov.
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Triangular Trade
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Trading network of goods between England, the west indies, west africa and the american colonies
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middle passage
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When slaves were brought over the Atlantic Ocean to be sold for profit to north america
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New England Traded
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timber, fish, fur......
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The west indies traded
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molasses, sugar sent to the NE to make rum.
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The colonies trade
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raw materials
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cash crops
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crops grown mainly for profit.
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Slave codes
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they were made to control the freedom of slaves
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apprentices
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young boys who learned skilled trades.
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Staple Crops
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a crop that was always in high demand: wheat, barley, oats afn livestock
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Scientific Method
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a method to study nature through expierments and observations.
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Scientific Revolution
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Scientist's new ideas about the basic laws that govern nature
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Galileo
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He corrected the other scientists in saying that the planets revovle around the sun.
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Isaac Newton
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explained how the objects on earth and in the sky behave, he made up most of the scientic theory
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Enlightment
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In the 1700 when philosiphers used logic and reason to explain human ways
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David rittenhouse
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he made mathimatical and astronomical instruments
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Banneker
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he was an african american who published an almanack and he documented the solar eclipse, he also made the first clock.
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ben franklin
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He published poor richard's almanack and invented things like the lighting rod, the eyeglasses and the franklin stove.
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Anne bradstreet
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wrote the Tenth Muse poetry
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Phillis Weatley
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african american who used poetry to tell about her middle passage voyage
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