Ch. 4 Life in the American Colonies

Subsistence Farming

producing just enough to meet immediate needs

cash crop

farm crop raised to be sold for money

diversity

variety

Triangular Trade

A system in which goods and slaves were traded among the Americas, Britain, and Africa

Slave Codes

Laws that controlled the behavior of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights.

Representative Government

a system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government

Mercantilism

Economic theory on how to build a wealthy, powerful state by increasing exports and limiting imports of manufactured goods

import

to bring a product into a country to be sold

export

send (goods or services) out of the country to be sold

Immigration

the permanent movement of people to one country from another

epidemic

Illness that affects a large number of people

apprentice

a person who works for another in order to learn a trade

civic virtue

the democratic ideas, practices, and values that are at the heart of citizenship in a free society

Militia

a military force made up of ordinary citizens

Iroquois Confederacy

a powerful group of Native Americans in the eastern part of the United States made up of five nations: the Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, and Oneida

alliance

partnership