Chapter 7 vocabulary Flashcards

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British

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Coming from, located in, pr related to Great Britain (for example, the British government or the British army). The most important part of Great Britain is the country England. For this reason, British and English are often used to mean the same thing.

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Colonial regions

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Areas in North America were different kinds of colonies developed because of differences in climate and natural features, or geography. The three colonial regions were the New England, Middle and, southern regions.

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Economy

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Ways that particular region or country, organizes the manufacture And exchange of such things as money, food, products, and services. And economy includes a system of money, and all the business industries, farms, and so on that, helps to produce, sell, or trade things of value.

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Democratic

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Controlled he people themselves, with each having an equal say. In democratic governments, people usually elect representatives to make laws for them, and every persons vote counts equally. In some other kinds of governments, one person, or a few people have the power to rule over everyone else with out being elected.

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Diverse

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Different from each other. For example, the people who settled in the middle colonies were very diverse.

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Indentured servants

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Individuals who agreed to work for a period of time in exchange for free passage from Europe.

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Grant

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To give Something he of she asked for. For example, the king granted William Penn with land called Pennsylvania.

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Assembly

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A group of government officials who meet to make laws.

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