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14 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 land and pull them toward a new place
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Indigo
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A plant grownin the southern colocnies 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 governers appointed by a king
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Triangular Trade
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The translantic system of trade in which goods, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England,Europe, The West Indies and colonies in north america
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Self Sufficient
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To rely on one effect 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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Alarge building used for storing a surplus
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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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Rotation of crops
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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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Aspread of land near bordering and ocean
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