| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Cash Crop | a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco) |
| Staple Crop | crops grown for commercial sale, usually produced in a colonial area and sold in europe. |
| Mercantilism | an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests |
| Salutary Neglect | An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies |
| Indentured Servants | colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years |
| Slavery | the practice of owning slaves |
| Bicameral Legislature | A law making body made of two houses (bi means 2). Example: Congress (our legislature) is made of two house - The House of Representatives and The Senate. |
| Englightenment | Emphasized reason and science as the paths to knowledge |
| Great Awakening | Religious revival in the American colonies of the eighteenth century during which a number of new Protestant churches were established. |
| Zenger Trial | 1735 trial that promoted the idea of freedom of the press. |
| Bacon's Rebellion | A rebellion lead by Nathaniel Bacon with backcountry farmers to attack Native Americans in an attemp to gain more land |
| French and Indian War | a war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by indian tribes) |
| Seven Years War | Worldwide struggle between France and Great Britain for power and control of land |
| Treaty of Paris (1763) | Officially ended French/Indian war, Britain dominated |
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