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Colonial Economy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| subsistence farming | producing just enough to meet immediate needs |
| cash cop | a cop that can be sold easily in markets |
| diversity | variety, such as of ethnic or national groups |
| Principal | most important |
| rely | to depend on |
| triangualr trade | trade route beetween three destinations, such as Britain, west africa, and the west indies |
| slave code | rules focusing on the behavior and punnishment of ensalved people |
| representative goverment | a system in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct goverment |
| suspend | to set aside or temporairily stop operation of something |
| impose | to force on others |
| merchantilsm | an economic theory whose goal is building a states wealth and power by increasing exports and accumulating precious metals in return |
| export | to sell aboard |
| import | to bring in from foreign markets |
| immigration | the permanant movement of people into one country from other natiions |
| epidemic | an illness that affects large numers of people |
| apprentice | a young person whh learns a trade from a skilled craftperson |
| adapt | to change in response to a new set of conditions |
| emphasis | a special stress or indication of importance |
| millitia | a millirtary force made up of ordianry citizens |
| alliance | partnership |
| iroquois confederacy | a group of native amereican nations in eastern north america joined togtehr under one general goverment |
| convert | to chnge the religous beliefs of someone |
| neutral | having no side |
| civic virtue | the democratic ideals, practices, and values that are at the heart of citizenship in a free society |
| allay | to reduce in strength |
| victual | food |