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Social-Chapter 5
The Thirteen Colonies, pp. 177-201
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dissent | disagreement |
| expel | to force to leave |
| industry | all the businesses that make one kind of product or offer one kind of service |
| imports | a product brought into a country |
| exports | a product that leaves a country |
| triangular trade route | shipping routes that connected England, the English colonies, and Africa |
| Middle Passage | the journey millions of enslaved Africans were forced to travel across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the West Indies |
| refuge | a safe place |
| proprietor | an owner |
| trial by jury | the right of a person to be tried by a jury, or a group, of citizens to decide if the person is guilty or innocent of committing a crime |
| immigrant | a person who comes into a country to make a new life |
| diversity | differences among people |
| religious toleration | acceptance of religious differences |
| apprentice | a person who lived and worked with an artisan's family for several years, learning a skill in order to earn a living |
| constitution | a written plan of government |
| debtor | a person who was put in prison for owing money |
| planter | a plantation owner |
| indigo | a plant from which a blue dye can be produced |
| broker | a person who is paid to buy and sell for someone else |
| naval stores | products used to build ships |