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Colonial Life
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| subsistence 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 |
| principal | most important |
| rely | to depend opon |
| triangluar trade | Trade route between three destinations such as Bray and West Africa and the West Indies |
| Slave Code | rules focusing on behavior and Punishment of enslaved people. |
| representative governement | a system by which people elect delegates to make laws an conduct goverment. |
| suspend | to set aside or temporarily stop operation of something . |
| impose | to force on others |
| mercantillism | an economic theory whose goal is building a state's wealth and power by increasing exports. |
| export | to sell abroad |
| suspend | to set aside or temporarily stop operation of something |
| impose | to force on others |
| import | to bring in from foreign markets |
| immigration | the permanent movement of people into one country from other nations |
| civic virtue | the democratic ideas, practices, and values that are at the heart of citizenship in a free society |
| epidemic | an illness that affects large numbers of people |
| apprentice | a young person who learns a trade from a skilled craftsperson |
| 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 |
| adapt | to change in response to a new set of conditions |
| victual | food |
| allay | to reduce in strength |