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| subsistence farming | farmers grow crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families |
| cash crop | a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower |
| slave codes | set of rules based on the concept that enslaved persons were property, not persons |
| civic virtue | the character of a good participant in a system of government |
| Great Awakening | The Great Awakening was a religious revival that impacted the English colonies in America during the 1730s and 1740s. The movement came at a time when the idea of secular rationalism was being emphasized, and passion for religion had grown stale |
| Quaker | people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Christian denomination. Members of this movement are generally united by a belief in each person's ability to experience the light within or "Inner Christ" |
| Mennonite | a member of one of the Protestant groups founded in Holland in the 16th century and noted for dressing plainly and living simply |
| evolve | develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form |
| commerce | the activity of buying and selling |
| industry | economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories |
| sundry | made up of different things |
| contiguous | touching along a boundary or at a point |
| plantation | an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor |
| paddy | a field where rice is grown |
| middle passage | the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies |
| triangular trade | the trade in the 18th and 19th centuries that involved shipping goods from Britain to West Africa to be exchanged for slaves, these slaves being shipped to the West Indies and exchanged for sugar, rum, and other commodities which were in turn shipped back to Britain |
| tidewater | an area of land along the coast |
| piedmont | a gentle slope leading from the base of mountains to a region of flat land |
| abolitionist | a person who wants to stop or abolish slavery |
| Magna Carta | the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law |
| livestock | domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting in order to provide labour and produce diversified products for consumption |
| sermon | a talk on a religious or moral subject |
| censorship | government's limiting words, images, or ideas that are “offensive,” |
| libel | a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation |
