click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
social studies c4
Life in the American Colonies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| subsstence farming | producing just enough to meet immediate needs |
| cash crop | a crop that can be sold eaily in markets |
| diversity | variety, such as of ethnic or national groups |
| triangular trade | trade route between three destinations, such as Britan, 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 givernment |
| mercantillism | an economic theory whose goal is building a state´s wealth and power by increasing exports and accumulating precious metals in return |
| export | to sell abroad |
| import | to bring in from froeign markets |
| militia | a ilitary force made up of orginary citizens |
| Iroquois Confederacy | group of Native American nations in eastern North America joined together under one general government |
| alliance | partnership |
| principal | most important |
| rely | to depend on |
| suspend | to set aside or temporarily stop operation of something |
| impose | to force on others |
| àdapt | to change in response to a new set of conditions |
| emphasis | a special stress or indication of importance |
| convert | to change the religous beleifs of someone |
| neutural | taking no side |
| allay | to reduce in strength |
| victual | food |
| civic virtue | the democratic ideas, practices, and values that are at the heart of citizenship in a free society. |
| immigration | the permanent movement of people into one country from other nations |
| epidemic | an illness that affects large number of people |
| apprentice | a young person who learns a trade from a skilled craftsperson |