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Colonial Economy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| subsistence farming n | producing just enough to meet immediate needs |
| cash crop n | a crop that can be sold easily in markets |
| diversity n | variety, such sas of ethnic or national groups |
| triangular trade n | trade route between three destinations, such as Britain, West Africa, and the West Indies |
| slave code n | rules focusing on the behavior and puishment of enslaved people |
| principal adj | most important |
| rely v | to depend upon |
| allay v | to reduce in strength |
| victual n | food |
| representative government n | a system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government |
| mercantilism n | an econmic theory whose goal is building a states wealth and power by increasing exports and accumulating precious metals in return |
| export n | to sell abroad |
| suspend n | to set aside or temporarily stop |
| impose n | to force on others |
| import n | to bring in from foreign markets |
| immigration n | the permanent movment of people into one country from other nations |
| epidemic n | an illness that affects large numbers of people |
| apprentice n | a young person who learns a trade from a skilled craftperson |
| adapt n | to chnage in response to a new set of conditions |
| emphasis n | a special stress or indication of importance |
| civic virt n | the democratic ideas, pracrices, and vaules that are at the heart of citizenship in a free society |
| militia n | a milltary force made up of ordinary citizens |
| Iroquois Confederacy n | a group of Native American nations in eastern North America joined together under one general government |
| allliance v | partnership |
| convert n | to change the religious beliefs of someone |
| neutral n | taking no side |
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