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15 Cards in this Set
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Plantation
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A large farm where farm that raises cash crops.
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Cash Crop
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A crop grown by a farmer to be sold for money rather than for personal use.
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Push-pull factor
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A factor that pushes people out of their native lands and pulls them towards a new place.
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Indigo
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A plant grown in the southern colonies that yields a deep blue dye.
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House of Burgesses
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Created in 1619, the first representative assembly in the American colonies.
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Royal Colony
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A colony ruled by a governor appointed by a king.
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Triangular Trade
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The transatlantic system of trade in which goods, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies in North America
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Irrigate
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to bring water to an area such as farmland
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Warehouse
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A large building used for storing surplus
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Surplus
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The amount that remains when use or need is satisfied
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Fertile soil
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Land capable of sustaining abundant plant growth
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Planter
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The owner of a plantation
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Piedmont
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The fertile land at the foot of a mountain
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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 of tobacco in the most fertile soil
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Coastal Plain
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A spread of land near bordering an ocean
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