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13 Colonies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| town meeting | a gathering where colonists held elections and voted on the laws for their towns |
| self-government | a system of government that lets people make laws for themselves |
| dissenter | a person who does not agree with the beliefs of his or her leaders |
| banish | to force someone to leave |
| industry | all the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service |
| export | a product sent to another country and sold |
| import | a product bought into one country from another country |
| Middle Passage | the voyage from Africa to the West Indies (Americas) |
| slave trade | the business of buying and selling human beings |
| proprietor | a person who owned and controlled all the land in a colony |
| representative | someone who is chosen to speak and act for others |
| treaty | an official agreement between nations or groups |
| free market economy | an economy in which the people, not the government, decide what will be produced |
| free enterprise | a system in which people may start any business that they believe will succeed |
| artisan | someone who is skilled at making something by hand |
| laborer | a person who does hard physical work |
| apprentice | someone who studies with a master to learn a skill or business |
| plantation | a large farm on which crops are raised by workers who live on the farm |
| legislature | a group of people with the power to make and change laws |
| refuge | a safe place |
| debtor | a person who owes money |
| indigo | a plant that can be made into a dark blue dye |
| overseer | a person who watches and directs the work of other people |
| spiritual | an African-American religious folk song |
| triangular trade | refers to the routes ships took between Africa, the Americas, and Europe |
| Massachusetts | settled by English Puritans, very strict laws based on the Bible |
| important industries in England | shipbuilding, fishing,and whaling |
| Benjamin Franklin | Philadelphia's most famous citizen |
| New England Colonies | New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island |
| Middle Colonies | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware |
| Southern Colonies | Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia |
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