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