Social Studies Unit 3 French Colonial Vocabulary

the buying and selling of goods and services

• Commerce

• Investment

• Monopoly

• Regent

money that is spent in order to make a profit

• Commerce

• Investment

• Monopoly

• Regent

the complete ownership or control of a resource or industry

• Commerce

• Investment

• Monopoly

• Regent

a person who governs a kingdom when the monarch is unable to

• Commerce

• Investment

• Monopoly

• Regent

 release from enslavement

• Manumission

• Infrastructure

• Influx

• Civil Law

 basic physical, and organizational structures of a region (roads, bridges, etc.)

• Manumission

• Infrastructure

• Influx

• Civil Law

 the arrival of a large number of people

• Manumission

• Infrastructure

• Influx

• Civil Law

a system of law in which codes and statuses carry greater weight than prior court decisions

• Manumission

• Infrastructure

• Influx

• Civil Law

a system of law in which prior court decisions carry greater weight than codes and statuses

• Common Law

• Asset

• Cede

• Negotiate

something that is owned by a person, company, or country

• Common Law

• Asset

• Cede

• Negotiate