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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 pulls them towards new land
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Indigo
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A plant grown in the southern colonies that yields a deep 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 governors appointed by kings
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Triangular trade
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The transatlantic system of trade in which goos, 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 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 plant growth.
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Planter
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Owner of plantation
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Piedmont
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The fertile 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 filed to facilitate the growth of tobacco in the most fertile soil
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