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History
8th Grade
10/05/2014

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Term
Absolute Chronology
Definition

Chronolgy with definite dates.

 

Example: A timeline with dates.

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Relative Chronology
Definition
A list of events in order. Often times without dates.
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Primary Resource
Definition

A firsthand account, newspaper, or literary source from the actualt time period.

 

Ecample: An autobiography

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Secondary Resource
Definition

A person's opinon of a firsthand account, event, or literary source.

 

Example: A biography.

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Exploration
Definition
To search or hunt for something.
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Coloniziation
Definition
To migrate and settle in a new place.
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Representative Government
Definition
A government where representatives are elected by the people.
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Charter
Definition
A permission slip by royalty to settle a new colony.
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Indigenous
Definition
The original population.
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Mercantilism
Definition
An economic term used when the mother colony benefits from its colonies' resources.
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Import
Definition
To receive economic resources into a region or colony.
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Export
Definition
To ship out economic resources to another region or colony.
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Triangular Trade
Definition
A type of trade that involved goods being exported from the colonies to England and England taking those goods to Africa for slaves that would go to the colonies and work.
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Cash Crop
Definition
A paradigm crop that made a large amount of money not just for the colonies, but for England as well.
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Proprietary Colony
Definition
A type of colony that was owned by an individual.
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Royal Colony
Definition
A type of colony that was ruled primarily by the king himself.
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Bicameral
Definition

A two house government.

 

Example: The Sentate and the House of Representatives are a form of this. 

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