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Ch 3
Growth of the American Colonies
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History
10th Grade
08/14/2012

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Mercantilism
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a country should try and get as much bullion - gold and silver, as possible; the more one country had, the wealthier and powerful the country would be
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Balance of Trade
Definition
the difference in the value of imports and exports
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Duty
Definition
a tax
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Salutary Neglect
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Great Britian raely enforced its trade regulations in the early 1700s because neglect served its interests better than strict enforcement of the law - colonies prospered without much government interference
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Staple Crop
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crops that are in constant demand - examples in this time period are tobacco and rice - leads to the demand for slave labor
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Triangular Trade
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trade between the Americas, Europe and Africa
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Gentry
Definition
men or women wealthy enough to hire people to work for them - set apart by their dress - wigs, stockings, hats and lace cuffs
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Apprentice
Definition
persons placed under a legal contract to work for another person in exchange for learning a trade
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Almanac
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a book containing information such as calendars, wise sayings, weather predictions and advice - an example is Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Alamanac
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Indigo
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a type of plant used in making a blue dye for cloth
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Self-Sufficient
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able to make everything needed to maintain itself
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Middle Passage
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one leg of the triangular trade between the Americas, Europe, and Africa - also used to refer to the forced transport of slaves from Africa to the Americas
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Immigrant
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people who enter a new country to settle
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Migration
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a movement of people in search of land on which they could build independent lives and maintain their households
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Great Awakening
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in the 1730s-40s, a Puritan movement of religious revival and commitment to their faith
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Itinerant
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traveling peachers such as George Whitfield
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Dissent
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a difference of opinion
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