The Colonies Grow-Sect 1 Flashcards

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Triangular trade

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Trade routes that formed a triangle (Africa, WI, Europe)

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Subsistence Farming

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Farmers in NE

They generally produced just enough to meet the needs of their families

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Cash crops

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Crops that could be sold easily in markets in the colonies and overseas

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Diversity

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Variety

Cultures found in the Middle Colonies were diverse; Dutch, Swedish, etc…

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Back-country

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Region west of the tidewater

Hills and forests climbing up toward Appalachian Mts.

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Tidewater

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A region of flat, low lying plains along the seacoast

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Overseers

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Bosses that kept the slaves working hard

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Slave codes

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Strict rules governing the behavior and punishment of enslaved Africans

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What was farming like in NE?

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Bad; there was lots of rocky soil and long winters

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What was farming like in The Middle Colonies?

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Better that NE; growing season longer and richer soil

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What was farming like in the southern colonies?

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The best; tidewater region helps with good soil and longer growing season

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Growing season

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The time of year where plants grow best

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Fall line

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The area where water is flowing from a high place to a low place where waterfalls are formed

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Industry

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All the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service

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Export

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A product sent to another one country and sold

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Import

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A product brought into one country from another country

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Middle passage

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The voyage from Africa to the West Indies

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Slave trade

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The business of buying and selling human beings

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Imports of NE

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Tea, spices, manufactured goods

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Exports of NE

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Fish, lumber

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What did women and girls do in NE?

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Food, soap, candles, clothes, and helps at harvest time

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What did men and boys do in NE?

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Farmed, cared for animals, fixed buildings

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What should I do after I finish studying these flashcards?

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Study notes and keynote and chart

Do EC

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Free Market Economy

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An economy in which the people, not the government decide what will be produced

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Free Enterprise

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A system in which people may start any business that they believe will suceed

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Artisan

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Someone who is skilled at making something by hand

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Laborer

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A person who does hard physical work

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Apprentice

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Someone who studies with a master to learn a skill or business

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Indigo

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A plant that can be made into a dark blue dye

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Overseer

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A person who watches and directs the work of other people

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Spiritual

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An African American religious folk song