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Quiz for Friday

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Joint Stock Company   Business founded by a group of people who make an investment and share in profits and losses  
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Colony   land claimed by a country in different areas of the world.  
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Colonization   Settlement of the colony  
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Mercantilism   Colony exists to benefit the mother country financially. maintains wealth by controlling trade  
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Free Enterprise   Business compete for consumers who are free to decide whether to purchase goods. Government has little control  
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Triangular Trade   Trade route that existed between the 13 colonies, Africa, and the West Indies. Traded rum, sugar and slaves  
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Indentured Servant   Got passage to North America in exchange of work. Servants worked without pay for a certain period of time  
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Slave   African American purchased to work for life on plantation  
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Slave Trade   buying and selling of humans for forced labor  
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Plantation System   Large farms that grew cash crops. The land was farmed by slaves who lived on land  
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Cash Crops   Crops grown to sell  
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Staple Crops   Crops that are always in demand  
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Industry   Production of goods in a factory setting  
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Tarrif   Tax placed on goods coming into the country  
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Protective Tarrif   A tariff placed on foreign goods to protect domestic industry  
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Bias   to show favoritism towards a group  
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Monarchy   System of government in which power if held by a queen or king  
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New England colonies   Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire  
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Middle Colonies   New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania  
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Southern Coloines   Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia  
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Political Reasons   Issues relating to government and a citizen's relationship with the government.  
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Economic Reasons   Issues relating to how people make money for their families, the production for goods and services  
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Social Reasons   Issues relating society include people, language, religion, education, art, etc.  
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Pilgrim   Person who wanted to separate from the Church of England.  
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Puritan   Person who wanted to reform the Church of England  
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Region   Area similar in climate, geographic features, and economies  
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Grievance   Complaint  
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Amend   Change  
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Amendment   Constitutional Change  
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Ratify   Officially accept  
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Unalienable rights   Rights that all people possess, rights that the government cannot deny  
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Liberty   Freedom  
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Preamble   Introduction  
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Civic virtue   putting the government duty ahead of personal desires  
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Civic Duty   Responsibilities of citizenship includes voting, and paying taxes  
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Civil disobendence   Rebelling against government not meeting your civi duties  
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Abolish   To do away with, bring something to an end  
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Abolitionist   Those against slavery  
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Founding Fathers   Men who helped shape the U.S through ideas, documents, and leadership  
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Political Party   Group of people with similar ideas about government  
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Judicial Review   Allows the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional  
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Nullify   Declare legally void; invalidate  
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States' rights   view that the states should hold more power than the Federal government  
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Manifest Destiny   The belief that the U.S should spread from the sea to the shining sea (Pacific)  
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Immigration   Moving from one country to another  
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Innovation   New ways of doing things based on new discoveries  
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Reform   To change  
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Cede   to formally surrender, to give up  
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Secede   To withdraw  
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Union   Group of states formally united under one government  
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Equality   Everyone, regardless of sex, race, or ethnicity, has equal rights  
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Annex   To be added to a larger entity  
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Naturalized Citizen   To take the legal steps and become a citizen  
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Sectionalism   Making a section more important than the group  
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Primary Source   A firsthand or eyewitness account of an event.  
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