STAAR Economics
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Created by:
tfiske on April 28, 2009
Classes:
Dwight's History Challenge, TAKS PRACTICE
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6 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Mercantilism | system in which colonies provide raw materials and a market for the motherlands' finished goods |
| Free Enterprise | little to no government regulation of business |
| Protective Tariff | tax on imports to help American manufacturing |
| Plantation System | system in which slaves are used to pick large quantities of cotton or other cash crops for large profits |
| Industrialization | move from hand-made products to machine-made products |
| Urbanization | move from the country to the city |
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