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chaapter 4
life in the American colonies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| subsistence farming | producing just enough to meet immediate needs |
| cash crop | a crop that can be sold easily in markets |
| diversity | variety,such a of ethnic or national groups |
| triangle trade | trade route between three destinations,such as britain,west Africa, and the west indies |
| slave code | rules focusing on the behvior and punidhment of enslsvaed people |
| representative government | a system by which people elect delegetes to make laws and conduct government |
| an economic theory whose goal is building a state's wealth and power by increasing exorports and accumulating precious metals in ruturn | |
| subsistence farming | producing just enough to meet immediate needs |
| cash crop | a crop that can be sold easily in markets |
| diversity | variety,such a of ethnic or national groups |
| triangle trade | trade route between three destinations,such as britain,west Africa, and the west indies |
| slave code | rules focusing on the behvior and punidhment of enslsvaed people |
| representative government | a system by which people elect delegetes to make laws and conduct government |
| mercantillism | an economic theory whose goal is building a state's wealth and power by increasing exorports and accumulating precious metals in ruturn |
| export | to sell abroad |
| import | to bring in from foregn markets |
| immigration | the permanent movement of people into one country form outhers nations |
| epidemic | an illness that affects large numbers of people |
| apprentice | a young person who learns a trade from a skilled cradtsperson |
| militia | a military force made up of ordinary citizens |