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Social Studies Vocabulary
vocabulary for social studies
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Economics
8th Grade
11/10/2011

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Term
Colony
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A group of people who settle in a distant land but who still keep their ties to their native land.
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Proprietorship
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A system that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause.
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Superior Council
Definition
A group existing during the French colonial period that was in chrage of judicial matters and wwwas presided over by the commissary commissioner.
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Land grant
Definition
CoA parcel of land given to the directors of the Company of the West under the condition that they bring settlers to the colony.
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Mississippi Bubble
Definition
The collapse at the French investment company, the Compant of the West.
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Slave
Definition
A person who is bound to a life of service to others and who is considered property.
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Plantation
Definition
A large estate or farm.
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Code Noir
Definition
A set of laws governing the conduct of the slaves during the French colonial period.
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Casket girls
Definition
Young women who came to Louisiana in 1728 to become wives of the settlers; the young women brought their trousseaus in a casket, or barrel-like chest.
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