Flashcards on Colonial Economy and Society

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Subsistence Farming

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Farming in which only enough food to feed one's family is produced

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Triangular Trade

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A trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, the American colonies, and West Africa

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Cash Crop

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Farm crop raised to be sold for money

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Diversity

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Variety or difference

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Tidewater

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A region of flat, low-lying plains along the seacoast

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Backcountry

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A region of hills and forests west of the tidewater

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Overseer

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Person who supervises a large operation or its workers

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Mercantilism

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The theory that a state's or nation's power depended on its wealth

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Export

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To sell goods abroad

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Import

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To buy goods from foreign markets