| A | B |
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| apprentice | young person who learns a skill from a more experienced person |
| artisan | skilled worker |
| cooper | barrel maker |
| miller | man who grinds corn and wheat into flour |
| blacksmith | man who made and repaired iron goods |
| triangular trade routes | carried guns and rum to West Africa, slaves and gold to the Indies, and molasses, sugar and slaves to the colonies |
| Middle Passage | the second leg of a voyage on a triangular trade route |
| news articles | news stories based on facts about recent events |
| feature articles | informational articles that tell readers about places, people, or events that would interest them |
| headline | title of an article |
| dateline | when and where a story takes place |
| Ben Franklin | printer and inventor who lived in Philadelphia |
| self-sufficient | relying on oneself for what you need |
| town common | open space where cattle and sheep could graze |
| plantation | large farm in the Southern Colonies |
| Eliza Lucas Pinckney | first person in the colonies to raise a successful crop of indigo |
| planter | owner of a plantation - usually a man |
| overseer | in charge of slaves; gave slaves orders |
| Great Awakening | movement in which many colonists had a renewed interest in religion |
| George Whitefield | religious leader during the Great Awakening who traveled throughout the colonies collecting money for an orphanage |
| John Peter Zenger | printer who was jailed for printing his political opinions in a New York newspaper |
| almanac | reference book with facts and figures |
| Poor Richard's Almanac | written by Ben Franklin; one of the most popular books during colonial times |
| Venture Smith | slave who lived in New England and later wrote a book about his life as a slave |
| Olaudah Equiano | slave who later gained his freedom and wrote a book about his life; wanted readers to understand the evils of slavery |
| Stono Rebellion | uprising of slaves in South Carolina; 25 colonists killed; slaves captured and executed |
| Newport, Rhode Island | location of the first Jewish synagogue in the colonies |
