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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| refuge | a safe place |
| royal colony | a colony controlled by the king |
| proprietary colony | a colony controlled by a proprietor (person or group of people) |
| Toleration Act | act passed in Maryland that gave religous freedom to all christains |
| constitution | a written plan of government |
| deptors | people who had been put in prison for owing money |
| backcountry | what settlers called the land beyond or "in back of" the area settled by Europeans |
| Great Wagon Road | Native American trail used by settlers to travel into the backcountry with loaded wagons |
| planter | plantation owner |
| overseer | a person hired to watch enslaved people as they work |
| indigo | the dye produced by plants to use in cloth making process |
| interdependence | depending on one another for economic resources |
| broker | a person who is paid tobuy and sell for someone else |