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The betrayal of one’s country by giving help to an enemy. Treason
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Virginia planter and slave- owner who freed the 500 people enslaved on his plantation. Robert Carter III
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To send goods to other countries for sale or use. Export
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Virginia planter, patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Richard Henry Lee
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A town officer. Constable
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South Carolina planter who made indigo a major cash crop for the Southern Colonies. Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney
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A person who works for a skilled person to learn a trade or art. Apprentice
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Enslaved African American poet whose poems called for fair treatment for all people. Phillis Wheatley
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A word used by settlers to describe land beyond their settlements. Frontier
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All the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service. Industry
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The business of farming. Agriculture
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African who wrote of being kidnapped, enslaved and transported to North America. Olaudah Equiano
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In colonial times, the name of the Eastern foothills of the Appalachians. Backcountry
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An economic system in which people can own property and businesses and are free to decide what to make, how much to produce and what price to charge. Free Enterprise
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The middle leg of the triangular trade route in colonial times in which captive Africans were shipped to the West Indies to be sold into slavery. Middle Passage
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The making or passing of laws. Legislation
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An enslaved African in the English colonies in 1640. John Punch
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The business of buying or selling people for profit. Slave trade
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English philosopher whose thinking influenced Thomas Jefferson in the writing of the Declaration of Independence. John Locke
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Rules made by the colonial planters that controlled the lives of enslaved Africans. Slave codes
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Writer, scientist, delegate to the Continental Congress, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Benjamin Franklin
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A member of an elected assembly. Delegate
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The story of a person’s own life written by himself or herself. Autobiography
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Quaker who spoke out against slavery in the colonies. John Woolman
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The three-sided trade route between Africa, the West Indies and colonial New England. Triangular trade
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A large farm that often grows one crop. Plantation
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A lawmaking body. Assembly
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Newspaper printer whose trial in 1734 helped to establish the idea of freedom of the press. John Peter Zenger
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A group of volunteers who fought in times of emergency during the colonial period and the American Revolution. Militia
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The boss of a plantation. Overseer
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