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US Colonization
Chapter 3 US Colonization and Migration
| Term | Supportive Bckgrd. |
|---|---|
| Southern Colonies | developed agricultural economies that relied heavily upon enslaved labor |
| Cash Crops | Tobacco, rice, cotton, and indigo (intensive manual labor required) |
| Plantation System | kept the colonies wealth and political power in the hands of a wealthy elite |
| enslaved Africans (early 1700s) | status and rights were restricted by slave colonies |
| New England Geography | allowed colonists to develop fishing, whaling, logging, and shipbuilding industries |
| Town meeting | the basis for the local government / fostered New England belief of the right to self-government |
| Triangle Trade | helped colonists exchange their products for English goods |
| Social class emersion | in New England and the Middle Colonies |
| Charter | grant by country's sovereign power creating an institution & defines its priviledges |
| slave codes | laws in each US state that defined slave status & the rights of their masters |