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Unit 2 Colonial Reg
Terms that are the same for all three Colonial Regions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Economy | the way a community obtains the goods it needs to survive, can be money-based, barter, etc |
| Smuggling | illegally bring goods into a country without paying taxes |
| Proprietary Colony | colony that was owned by a company or individual |
| Backcountry | area west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| Mercantilism | colonies were created to make the "mother country" rich, colonists were employees and were only allowed to trade with the "mother country" |
| Appalachian Mountains | dividing line between the settled area of the colonies and the "back country" |
| Royal Colony | colony that belonged to the King, who collected the profits it made |
| Charter | permission from the government to create a colony, established colonies boundaries |
| Indentured servant | person who signs a contract to work for someone in the New World in exchange for passage and a new life |
| Joint-stock Company | a business arrangement in which investors put in money to create and run colonies with the hope they will earn a profit |
| Dissident | person who speaks against a government or its policies |
| Agriculture | the planting of crops for food and to sell |
| Persecution | to punish or harass someone because of their beliefs |
| Tolerance | to be accepting of a person's differences |
| Triangular Trades | the routes taken by ships as they traded goods between England and the colonies |
| Middle passage | the part of the Triangular Trade routes taken by slaves as they left Africa to go to the New World |
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