Colonial Foundations Vocabulary

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What is the term for 'a crop grown by a farmer for sale rather than for personal use'?

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cash crop

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What is the establishment of outlying settlements by a parent country called?

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colonization

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What 18th century intellectual movement emphasized the use of reason and the scientific method as means of obtaining knowledge?

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Enlightenment

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What is the economic system in which nations seek to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by establishing a favorable balance of trade?

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mercantilism

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What is the term for the transportation of slaves from Africa to the West Indies?

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Middle Passage

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What was the order in which Britain prohibited its American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains called?

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Proclamation of 1763

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What is the name for members of a group that wanted to eliminate all traces of Roman Catholic ritual and traditions in the Church of England?

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Puritans

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What is the transfer—beginning with Columbus's first voyage—of plants, animals, and diseases between the Western Hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere called?

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Columbian Exchange

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What is a colony, as New York, administered by a royal governor and council appointed by the British crown, and having a representative assembly elected by the people called?

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Royal Colony

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What was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony, written by the male passengers of the Mayflower called?

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Mayflower Compact