Unit 7 Flashcards

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British

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Coming from, located in, or related to Great Britain (for example the British government or the British army).The most important part of Great Britain is the country of 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 where different kinds of colonies developed because of differences in climate and natural features, or geography. The three colonial regions were new, England, middle, and regions.

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Economy

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The way that a peculiar region or country organizes the manufacturer and exchange of things, such as money, food, products, and services. An Economy includes a system of money, and all the businesses, industries, farms, and so on that help to produce, soul, or trade things of value.

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Democratic

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Controlled or run by the people themselves, with e ch person having an equal say. In democratic governments, people usually elect representatives to make laws for them, and every persons vote counts equally. And some other kinds of governments, one person, or a few, were people have the power to grow 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 someone something he or she asked for. For example, the king granted William Penn the land of Pennsylvania.

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Assembly

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A group of government officials who meet to make laws.

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