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Colonial Life
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Substance farming | producing just enough to meet immediate needs |
| cash crop | a crop that could be sold easily in markets |
| diversity | variety such as 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 |
| representative government | a system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct a government |
| merchantism | an economic theory whose goal is building the states wealth and power by increasing exports and accumulating precious metals in return |
| Export | to celebrate |
| import | to bring in from foreign markets |
| 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 skills craftsperson |
| 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 |
| Principal | most important |
| rely | to depend upon |
| Ally | to reduce and strength |
| virtual | food |
| suspend | stop operation of something |
| impose | to force on others adapt |
| adapt | to change in response to a new set of conditions |
| emphasis emphasis | a special stress or indication of importance |
| civic virtue | the Democratic ideas practices and values that are a heart of citizenship in a free Society |
| convert | to change the religious beliefs of someone |
| neutral | taking no side |