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Chapter 4
Life In The American Colonies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Subsistence farming | producing just enough to meet immediate needs |
| Cash crop | a crop raised for sale in markets |
| Diversity | variety, such as of ethnic or national groups |
| Triangular trade | a pattern of trade that developed in colonial times among the Americas, Africa, and Europe |
| Slave codes | rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people; laws in Southern states that controlled enslaved people |
| Principal | most important |
| Rely | to depend upon |
| Allay | to reduce in strength |
| Victuals | food |
| Representative government | a system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government |
| Mercantilism | an economic theory that a nation’s power depends on its ability to increase wealth by increasing and exports accumulating precious metals in return |
| Export | to sell goods to other countries |
| Import | to bring in goods from foreign countries |
| Suspend | to set aside or temporarily stop operation of something |
| Impose | to force on others |
| Immigration | the permanent movement of people into one country from other nation |
| Epidemic | an illness that affects large numbers of people |
| Apprentice | a person who learns a trade from a skilled craftsperson |
| Civic virtue | the democratic ideas, practices, and values that are at the heart of citizenship in a free society |
| Adapt | to change in response to a new set of conditions |
| Emphasis | a special stress or indication of importance |
| Militia | a military force made up of ordinary citizens |
| Iroquois Confederacy | a group of Native American nations in eastern North America joined together under one general government |
| Alliance | partnership |
| Neutral | taking no side |