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Chapter 4
Life in the American Colonies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Subsistance farming | Producing just enough to meet immediate needs |
| Cash crop | A crop that can be sold easily in markets |
| Diversity | Variety, such as of ethnic or national groups |
| Triangular trade | Trade route between three destinations, such as Britain, West Africa, and the West Indies |
| Slave code | Rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people |
| Principal | Most important |
| Rely | to depend upon |
| Allay | To reduce in strength |
| Victual | food |
| Representative government | A system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct governments |
| Merchantilism | an ecomonic theory whose goal is building a state's wealth and power by increasing exports and accumulating precious metals in return |
| export | to set abroad |
| import | to bring in from foreign markets |
| 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 nations |
| Epidemic | an illness that affects large numbers of people |
| apprentice | a young person who learns a trade from a skilled craftsperson |
| 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 |
| convert | to change the religious beliefs of someone |
| neutral | taking no side |