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| This is the name for the English Legislature. This is the law making body of the British government. It is like the U.S.' Senate and House. |
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| This is a legislative branch with two houses. The U.S. and NY (State Senate and the State Legislature) both have a bicameral legislature. |
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| Meetings in which concerned citizens met to discuss issues in the town. Very democratic in that people are directly involved in the government of the town. |
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| Belief that a country can gain power and wealth through trade. |
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| To bring in to a country because there is not enough of the item there. |
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| To sell goods elsewhere. This means the country has more than enough of something and can sell it for profit. |
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| British laws that state that Britain is in charge of all colonial trade for the 13 colonies. These laws anger the colonists, especially in the New England port cities. |
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| Trade controlled by England between New England, Africa and the West Indies OR New England, Britain, and the Southern Colonies. |
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| The route from Africa to the Western Hemisphere on which slaves were taken. KNown for terrible conditions on the slave ships. |
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| A product produced on a farm that makes a profit, such as tobacco. |
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| The primary cash crop of the Southern Colonies. |
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| Rules designed to avoid slave uprisings. Examples would be that slaves were not allowed to meet in large groups or to leave a farm/plantation without permission. |
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| American leader who did everything well - printer, writer, scientist and leader in the creation of the Declaration of Independence. |
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