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Title

Life in Colonial America

Description

life in the colonies

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Subject

History

Level

8th Grade

Created

10/09/2008

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Term

Subsistence farming

Definition

colonists generally produced just enough food to meet the needs of their families

Term

triangular trade

Definition

a route ships followed that was shaped like a triangle

Term

cash crop

Definition

crops that could be sold easily on the market or elsewhere in the world

Term

indentured servants

Definition

laborers who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time to pay for their passage to america

Term

overseers

Definition

bosses