Chapter 7 vocabulary Flashcards

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British

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Lives in England.

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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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The way that a particular region or country organizes the manufacturer and exchanges of such things as money, food, products, and services. and economy includes a system of money and all the businesses industries and farms and so on top produce sell or trade things of value.

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Democratic

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Controlled or run by the people themselves, with each person having an equal say. And 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 without 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 to someone something he or she has asked for. For example, the king granted William Penn the land called Pennsylvania.

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Assembly

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A group of government officials to meet to make laws.

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