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30 Cards in this Set
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The business of buying and selling people for a profit.
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Slave Trade
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the story of a persons life written by himself or herself.
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autobiography
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A word used by settlers to describe land beyond their settlements.
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frontier
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a person who is skilled in a particular craft.
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artisan
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a person who works for a skilled person to learn a trade or art.
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apprentice
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In colonial times, the name of the eastern foothills of the Appalachians.
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backcountry
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A large farm that often grows one crop.
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plantation
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Rules made by colonial planters that controlled the lives of enslaved Africans.
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slave codes
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the boss of a plantation
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overseer
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to send goods to other countries for sale or use.
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export
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the business of farming
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Agriculture
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all the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service
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industry
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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.
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free enterprise
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a coming together of buyers and sellers.
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market
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the three-sided trade route between Africa, the West Indies, and colonial New England.
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triangular trade
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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.
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middle passage
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a breif way of telling the main points of an event or an idea.
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summary
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a group of volunteers who fought in times of emergency during the colonial period and the american revolution.
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Militia
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a law-making body
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assembly
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the betrayal of ones country by giving help to an enemy.
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treason
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The business of buying and selling people for a profit.
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Slave Trade
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the story of a persons life written by himself or herself.
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autobiography
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A word used by settlers to describe land beyond their settlements.
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frontier
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a person who is skilled in a particular craft.
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artisan
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a person who works for a skilled person to learn a trade or art.
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apprentice
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In colonial times, the name of the eastern foothills of the Appalachians.
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backcountry
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A large farm that often grows one crop.
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plantation
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Rules made by colonial planters that controlled the lives of enslaved Africans.
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slave codes
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the boss of a plantation
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overseer
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to send goods to other countries for sale or use.
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export
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