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Colonies Grow
Chpter 4
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History
8th Grade
10/17/2010

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Substance farming
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They had enough to feed their families and little to sell or exchange.
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cash crop
Definition
crops that sell easily overseas and in markets in the colonies
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export
Definition
to sell abroad
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  • mercentilism
Definition
States that as a nations trade grows its gold reserves increases
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Charter colony
Definition
settler given a charter, grant of rights and priviliges.
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proprietary colony
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Maryland, Deleware and Pennsylvania groups britian had granted land.
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import
Definition
bought from other countries
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why did the colonies population grow rapidly
Definition
because of immigration and women married early and had large families.
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What differences existed between the Tidewater planters and the backcountry farmers of the South.
Definition
The Tidewater planters had greater wealth and controlled the economic and political life of the region.
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What was the Great Awakenings
Definition
Powerful religous revivival that swept over the colonies beginning in 1720
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What immigrant goup settled in Pennsylvania
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What was the Iroquois Confederacy
Definition
Powerful Native American group in the East
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