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History 1.1 - 2.7 Vocab - 8th Grade Flashcards

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Innovation

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A new method or idea

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Modification

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A change

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Plantation

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A large estate formed by many workers

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Charter

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A legal document

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Representative gorvernment

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A political system in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them

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Alliance

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An agreement between nations to aid and protect one another

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Frontier

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A border, especially the border of an area of settlement in a line past which land is not settled

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Persecution

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The mistreatment or punishment of a group of people because of their beliefs

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Precedent

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An act or decision that sets an example for others to follow

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Cash crop

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A crop sold for money at marked

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Debtor

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A person who cannot pay money he or she owes

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Slave codes

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Laws that controlled lives of enslaved Africans and African Americans and denied them basic rights

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Racism

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The belief that one race is superior to another

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Gentry

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The highest social class in the English colonies

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Middle class

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In the English colonies, a class that included skilled craft workers, farmers, and some tradespeople

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Apprentice

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A person who learned a trade or craft from a master

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Enlightenment

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The movement in Europe on the 1700 that emphasized the use of reason

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Mercantilism

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The theory that a nations economic strength came from selling more that it bought from other nations

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Export

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A trade product sent to markets outside a country

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Legislature

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A group of people who have the power to make laws

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bill of rights

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A written list of freedoms the government promises to protect

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English Bill of Rights

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A 1689 document that guaranteed you h rights of English citizens

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Imports

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Trade products brought into a country

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