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STAAR quiz 2
Quiz for Friday
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Joint Stock Company | Business founded by a group of people who make an investment and share in profits and losses |
| Colony | land claimed by a country in different areas of the world. |
| Colonization | Settlement of the colony |
| Mercantilism | Colony exists to benefit the mother country financially. maintains wealth by controlling trade |
| Free Enterprise | Business compete for consumers who are free to decide whether to purchase goods. Government has little control |
| Triangular Trade | Trade route that existed between the 13 colonies, Africa, and the West Indies. Traded rum, sugar and slaves |
| Indentured Servant | Got passage to North America in exchange of work. Servants worked without pay for a certain period of time |
| Slave | African American purchased to work for life on plantation |
| Slave Trade | buying and selling of humans for forced labor |
| Plantation System | Large farms that grew cash crops. The land was farmed by slaves who lived on land |
| Cash Crops | Crops grown to sell |
| Staple Crops | Crops that are always in demand |
| Industry | Production of goods in a factory setting |
| Tarrif | Tax placed on goods coming into the country |
| Protective Tarrif | A tariff placed on foreign goods to protect domestic industry |
| Bias | to show favoritism towards a group |
| Monarchy | System of government in which power if held by a queen or king |
| New England colonies | Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire |
| Middle Colonies | New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania |
| Southern Coloines | Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia |
| Political Reasons | Issues relating to government and a citizen's relationship with the government. |
| Economic Reasons | Issues relating to how people make money for their families, the production for goods and services |
| Social Reasons | Issues relating society include people, language, religion, education, art, etc. |
| Pilgrim | Person who wanted to separate from the Church of England. |
| Puritan | Person who wanted to reform the Church of England |
| Region | Area similar in climate, geographic features, and economies |
| Grievance | Complaint |
| Amend | Change |
| Amendment | Constitutional Change |
| Ratify | Officially accept |
| Unalienable rights | Rights that all people possess, rights that the government cannot deny |
| Liberty | Freedom |
| Preamble | Introduction |
| Civic virtue | putting the government duty ahead of personal desires |
| Civic Duty | Responsibilities of citizenship includes voting, and paying taxes |
| Civil disobendence | Rebelling against government not meeting your civi duties |
| Abolish | To do away with, bring something to an end |
| Abolitionist | Those against slavery |
| Founding Fathers | Men who helped shape the U.S through ideas, documents, and leadership |
| Political Party | Group of people with similar ideas about government |
| Judicial Review | Allows the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional |
| Nullify | Declare legally void; invalidate |
| States' rights | view that the states should hold more power than the Federal government |
| Manifest Destiny | The belief that the U.S should spread from the sea to the shining sea (Pacific) |
| Immigration | Moving from one country to another |
| Innovation | New ways of doing things based on new discoveries |
| Reform | To change |
| Cede | to formally surrender, to give up |
| Secede | To withdraw |
| Union | Group of states formally united under one government |
| Equality | Everyone, regardless of sex, race, or ethnicity, has equal rights |
| Annex | To be added to a larger entity |
| Naturalized Citizen | To take the legal steps and become a citizen |
| Sectionalism | Making a section more important than the group |
| Primary Source | A firsthand or eyewitness account of an event. |