Chapter 4 Vocab

Producing enough to meet the needs of their family, with little to none left for sale or trade.

Crops that could be sold easily in markets in the colonies and overseas.

Variety, such as ethnic or national groups.

A pattern of trade that developed in colonial times among the Americas, Africa and Europe

Rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people; laws in Southern states that controlled enslaved people.

A system in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government on their behalf.

An economic theory that a nation's power depends on its ability to increase wealth by increasing exports and accumulating precious metals in return

To sell goods to other countries

To bring in goods from other countries.

The ruler could not suspend Parliament's laws, impose taxes, or raise an army without Parliament's consent.

The law forced colonists to sell their raw materials to England even if they could get a better price elsewhere.

The permanent movement of people into a country from other countries.

An illness that affects large numbers of people.

A person who learns a trade from a skilled craftsperson

The Massachusetts Puritans required communities with 50 or more homes to have a public school