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13 Colonies Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| growing season | The time of year when it is warm enough for plants to grow. |
| backcountry | The land "in back of" the area where most colonists settled. |
| tidewater | The area where water in rivers and streams rises and falls with the ocean's tides. |
| fall line | The line where rivers from higher land flow to lower land and often form waterfalls. |
| town meeting | A gathering at which colonists held elections and voted on the laws for their towns. |
| banish | To force someone to leave a place. |
| self-government | A form of government in which people who live in a place make laws for themselves. |
| dissenter | A person who does not agree with the beliefs of his or her leaders. |
| 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 good brought into one country from another. |
| Middle Passage | The voyage of enslaved Africans from Africa to the West Indies. |
| slave trade | The business of buying and selling human beings. |
| proprietor | A person who owned and controlled all the land of 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 economic system 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, such as silver spoons or wooden chairs. |
| 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 in 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. |
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