The betrayal of one’s country by giving help to

an enemy.

The betrayal of one’s country by giving help to

an enemy.

TreasonTreason

Virginia planter and slave- owner who freed the 500 people enslaved on his

plantation.

Virginia planter and slave- owner who freed the 500 people enslaved on his

plantation.

Robert Carter IIIRobert Carter III

To send goods to other countries for sale or use.To send goods to other

countries for sale or use.

ExportExport

Virginia planter, patriot and signer of the

Declaration of Independence.

Virginia planter, patriot and signer of the

Declaration of Independence.

Richard Henry LeeRichard Henry Lee

A town officer.A town officer.

ConstableConstable

South Carolina planter who made indigo a major cash

crop for the Southern Colonies.

South Carolina planter who made indigo a major cash

crop for the Southern Colonies.

Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney

Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney

A person who works for a skilled person to learn a

trade or art.

A person who works for a skilled person to learn a

trade or art.

ApprenticeApprentice

Enslaved African American poet whose poems called for fair treatment for all

people.

Enslaved African American poet whose poems called for fair treatment for all

people.

Phillis WheatleyPhillis Wheatley

A word used by settlers to describe land beyond their

settlements.

A word used by settlers to describe land beyond their

settlements.

FrontierFrontier

All the businesses that make one kind of product

or provide one kind of service.

All the businesses that make one kind of product

or provide one kind of service.

IndustryIndustry

The business of farming. The business of farming.

AgricultureAgriculture

African who wrote of being kidnapped, enslaved and

transported to North America.

African who wrote of being kidnapped, enslaved and

transported to North America.

Olaudah EquianoOlaudah Equiano

In colonial times, the name of the Eastern foothills of

the Appalachians.

In colonial times, the name of the Eastern foothills of

the Appalachians.

BackcountryBackcountry

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.

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 EnterpriseFree 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.

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 PassageMiddle Passage

The making or passing of laws.

The making or passing of laws.

LegislationLegislation

An enslaved African in the English colonies in 1640. An enslaved African in the English colonies in 1640.

John PunchJohn Punch

The business of buying or selling people for profit.

The business of buying or selling people for profit.

Slave tradeSlave trade

English philosopher whose thinking influenced Thomas

Jefferson in the writing of the Declaration of Independence.

English philosopher whose thinking influenced Thomas

Jefferson in the writing of the Declaration of Independence.

John LockeJohn Locke

Rules made by the colonial planters that controlled the lives of enslaved Africans.

Rules made by the colonial planters that controlled the lives of enslaved Africans.

Slave codesSlave codes

Writer, scientist, delegate to the Continental Congress, and

signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Writer, scientist, delegate to the Continental Congress, and

signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin

A member of an elected assembly.

A member of an elected assembly.

DelegateDelegate

The story of a person’s own life written by himself or

herself.

The story of a person’s own life written by himself or

herself.

AutobiographyAutobiography

Quaker who spoke out against slavery in the

colonies.

Quaker who spoke out against slavery in the

colonies.

John WoolmanJohn Woolman

The three-sided trade route between Africa, the West

Indies and colonial New England.

The three-sided trade route between Africa, the West

Indies and colonial New England.

Triangular tradeTriangular trade

A large farm that often grows one crop.

A large farm that often grows one crop.

PlantationPlantation

A lawmaking body.A lawmaking body.

AssemblyAssembly

Newspaper printer whose trial in 1734 helped to establish the idea of freedom of the press.

Newspaper printer whose trial in 1734 helped to establish the idea of freedom of the press.

John Peter ZengerJohn Peter Zenger

A group of volunteers who fought in times of

emergency during the colonial period and the American Revolution.

A group of volunteers who fought in times of

emergency during the colonial period and the American Revolution.

MilitiaMilitia

The boss of a plantation.The boss of a plantation.

OverseerOverseer