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Life in the American
| Definition | |
|---|---|
| Subsistence farming | agricultural activity to produce food which is predominantly consumed by the farming household |
| cash crop | agricultural crops that are planted for the purpose of selling on the market or for export to make profit |
| diversity | the practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc. |
| triangular trade | a system of exchange in which Europe supplied Africa and the Americas with finished goods, the Americas supplied Europe and Africa with raw materials, and Africa supplied the Americas with enslaved laborers. |
| slave code | aimed to limit African social, economic and political autonomy as well as to control the growth of a free African population. |
| principal | most inportent |
| rely | to depend on |
| suspend | to set aside it to stop something |
| impose | to force on others |
| representative government | a form of government in which elected officials will represent, lead, and act on behalf of the citizens of a distinct community, such as a nation. |
| mercantilism | the economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism. |
| export | send (goods or services) to another country for sale. |
| import | to bring from a foreign markets |
| immigration | process through which individuals become permanent residents or citizens of another country. |
| epidemic | a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. |
| civil rights | personal rights guaranteed and protected by the U.S. Constitution and federal laws enacted by Congress |
| apprentice | a person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages. |
| emphasize | lay stress on (a word or phrase) when speaking. |
| militia | a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency. OR all able-bodied citizens eligible by law to be called on to provide military service supplementary to the regular armed forces. |
| iroquois confederacy | Iroquois Confederacy, or League of the Iroquois, Confederation of five (later six) Indian tribes across upper New York that in the 17th–18th century played a strategic role in the struggle between the French and British for supremacy in North America. |
| alliance | a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations. |
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