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15 Cards in this Set
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Plandtation
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a large farm or estate, especially in a tropical or semitropical country, on which cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugar cane, or the like is cultivated
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Cash Crop
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any crop that is considered easily marketable, like tobacco
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Push-Pull Factor
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a factor that would drive someone away from/to a place
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Indigo
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A bluish dye harvested from various plants
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House of Burgesses
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the first representative assembly in the american colonies
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Royal Colony
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a colony run by governers that are apoointed by a king
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Triangular Trade
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A trade route of which slaves and other goods were exchanged between England, America, and the west Indies. It was in the form of a triangle
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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 to store a surplus
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Surplus
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the amout that remains when the 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 bottom of a mountain
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Rotation Of Crop
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system by which planters moved crops from one filed 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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