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16 Cards in this Set
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Plantation
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a large 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 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 toward 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 1969, the first representative assembly in the American colonies
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Royal Colony
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a colony ruled by governors 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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Self Sufficient
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To rely on oneself to survive and succeed
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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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Costal Plain
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a spread of land near bordering an ocean
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