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American Republic: Review Sheet Ch.4
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8th Grade
10/23/2012

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Subsistence Farming
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Farmers who only grow crops for their family(ies)

and not for sale, such as cash crops.

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Traingular Trade
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A trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies. the American colonies, and West Africa.
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Cash Crop
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A crop harvested to be sold for the greater purpose of the community, such as: Tobacco, Rice, Dye, and many other things.
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diversity
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Variety or Difference
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Tidewater
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a region of flat, low-flying plains along the sea coast.
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Backcountry
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Region of hills and forests west of the Tidewater
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Overseer
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A slave owner who takes pitty and charge amonst slaves.
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Mercantilism
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The theory that a states or nations power depended on its wealth
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Smuggling
Definition
Trading illegealy with other nations
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Apprentice
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assistant who is assigned to learn the trade of a skilled craftsman
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Literacy

 

Definition
The ability to read and write
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Iroquois Confederacy
Definition

A powerful group of Native Americans in the eastern part of the United States made up of five nations: the Mohwawk, SSeneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, and Oneida

 

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Militia
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A militant group created from civilians to solve a major problem
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Alliance
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A treaty forged with one foreign power to the next
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Speculator
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Person who risks money in order to make a large profit
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William Pitt
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William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister Great Britain ever had. 
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Jeffery Amherst
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Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst KCB served as an officer in the British Army and as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.
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Marquis Montcalm
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Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Saint-Veran was a French soldier best known as the commander of the forces in North America during the Seven Years' War. 
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George Washinton
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George Washington, was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, serving as the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and later as the new republic's first President. 
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George WhiteField
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George Whitefield, also known as George Whitfield, was an English Anglican preacher who helped spread the Great Awakening in Britain, and especially in the British North American colonies. Wikipedia
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