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Colonial Economy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Subsistence farming | producing just enough to meet immediate needs |
| cash crop | a crop that can be sold easiley in markets |
| diversity | Variety such as of ethnic or national groups |
| triangular trade | trade route between three destinations such as britian West Africa and the west indies |
| Slave code | rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people |
| Representative goverment | a system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government |
| Mercantillism | an economic theory whose goal is building a states wealth and power by increasing exports and accmulating precious metals in return |
| export | to sell abroad |
| import | to bring in from foreign markets |
| immigration | the permanent movement of people into one country from other nations |
| epidemic | an illiness that affects large numbers of people |
| apprentice | a young person who learns a trade from a skilled craftperson |
| milita | a military force made up of ordinary citzens |
| iroquois confederacy | a group of Native American nations in eastern North America joined togather under one general goverment |
| alliaence | partnership |
| civic virtue | the democratic ideas pratices nd values that are at the heart of citizenship in a free society |