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colonial economy

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producing just enough to meet immediate needs   subsistence farming  
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a crop that can be sold easily in markets   cash crop  
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variety, such as of ethnic or national groups   diversity  
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trade route between three destinations, such as Britain, Africa and America   triangular trade  
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rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people   slave code  
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what were important industries in New England?   Building ships, shipping, fishing, and whaling  
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Southern colonists were usually __________.   farmers  
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What are large farms and where are they located?   plantations; along rivers  
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What did plantation owners have more of? What did they control?   money and power; the economy and politics in the Southern Colonies  
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What was the main crop in Maryland and Virginia?   tobacco  
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What did the Southern farmers start using because workers cost too much?   enslaved Africans  
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What was the main cash crop in South Carolina and Georgia?   Rice  
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What became important parts of the colonial economy?   Slavery and slave trade  
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How did the Enslaved Africans get to the Americas?   They traveled by ship from Europe to West Africa and then to the Americas. then the ships returned to Europe.  
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Where did most Africans work?   in the fields  
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