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20 Cards in this Set
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the way goods, wealth, and services are created & used
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economy
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to send goods to another region or country
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export
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a newly settled or lightly settled area just outsided an area of older settlements
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frontier
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to trade a product or service for another product or service
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barter
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an item brought into a country or region from another country or region
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import
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an open area shared by all the villagers
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common
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rights given to people by the government
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political rights
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the idea that a nation becomes stronger by building up its gold supply and increasing its trade
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mercantilism
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to control
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regulate
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money that must be paid to a government
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tax
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a place where grain is ground into flour/meal usually with a water wheel.
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gristmill
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barrel makers who built containers for flour, tobacco, butter or whiskey, wine & cider
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coopers
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American Statesman, scientist, inventor & writer 1706-90, wrote Poor Richard's Almanac & added street lights, a fire company & library in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Benjamin Franklin
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1636 colonial college built in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Harvard College
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1693 colonial college built in Williamsburg, Virginia
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College of William & Mary
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a revival of religious feeling in the American colonies in the 1730s & 1750s
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The Great Awakening
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an 18th century intellectual movement that emphasized the use of reason & the scientific method as means of obtaining knowledge
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The Enlightenment
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King of Great Britain ( 1760-1820) during the fight to keep the American colonies from gaining independence
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King George III
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Government of England, Wales, Scotland & its colonies
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Great Britain
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Laws passed by the British to regulate trade saying only English ships or ships made in the colonies could carry goods to and from the colonies. All other ships must stop in England to pay taxes on their cargo before trading with colonies in America
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Navigation Acts
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