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15 Cards in this Set
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Plantation
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A large parcel of land, farmed by many workers
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Cash Crop
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Goods sold for cash on the world market
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Burgess
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A member of Virginia's first representative government
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Irrigate
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To bring water to an area such as farmland
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Colony
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A settlement that exists for the good of the mother country
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Warehouse
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A large building used or storing a 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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Self-sufficient
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To rely on oneself to survive and succeed
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Planter
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The owner of a plantation
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Piedmont
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Land at the foot of the 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 tabacco in the most fertile soil
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Indigo
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A plant with a purple hat used for dye
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Coastal Plain
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Spread of land near the ocean
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Triangular Trade
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A transatlantic system of trade in which goods, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe and the West Indies and the colonies in North America
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