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2021 HISTORY F&I War
French & Indian War vocab
Question | Answer |
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mercantilism | trading of goods between a "mother country" and its colonies |
ally | country or group that is friendly with another country or group and helps in time of war |
tax | money paid by people for the support of their government |
trade laws | allowed colonists to export raw materials only to England |
war debt | amount of money borrowed during a war for the expense of war that must be paid back |
merchant | one who buys and sells goods for a living |
empire | a group of colonies or countries under one ruler |
charter | written permission to form a colony |
Proclamation Line of 1763 | a boundary established by England which prevented the colonists from moving westward beyond the Appalachian Mountains |
Parliament | the law-making body in England; The colonists had no one to represent them in this group |