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U.S. History Vocab1
STAAR Prep Vocabulary 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A business founded by a group of people who make an investment and share in profits and losses. | Joint Stock Company |
| Land claimed by a country in a different area of the world. Settlers are sent to this area to maintain claim. | Colony |
| Settlement of the colony. | Colonization |
| A colony exisits to benefit the Mother Country financially; maintaining wealth by controlling trade. | Mercantilism |
| Business' compete for consumers who are free to decide where to purchase goods. Gov. has little control. | Free Enterprise |
| Trade route that existed between the 13 Colonies, Africa, and the West Indies. Traded rum, sugar, and slaves. | Triangular Trade |
| Got passage to N. America in exchange of work. Servants worked without pay for a certain period of time. | Indentured Servant |
| African American who is purchased to work for life on a plantation. | Slave |
| Buying and selling of humans for forced labor. | Slave trade |
| Large farms that grew cash crops. The land was farmed by slaves who lived on the land. | Plantation system |
| Crops that are always in demand. | Staple crops |
| Crops grown to sell. | Cash crops |
| Production of goods in a factory setting. | Industry |
| Tax placed on goods coming into a country. | Tariff |
| A tariff placed on foreign goods to protect domestic industry. | Protective tariff |
| To show favoritism towards a group. | Bias |
| System of government in which power is held by a queen or king. | Monarchy |
| Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. | New England colonies |
| New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. | Middle colonies |
| Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia | Southern colonies |
| Issues relating to government and a citizens' relationship with government. | Political reasons |
| Issues relating to how people make money for their families; the production of goods and services. | Economic reasons |
| Issues relating to society inlcuding people, language, religion, education, art, etc. | Social reasons |
| Person who wanted to separate from the Church of England. | Pilgrim |
| Person who wanted to "purify" or reform the Church of England. | Puritan |
| Area that is similar in climate, geographic features, and economies. | Region |
| Complaint | Grievance |
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