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| Claim | Something declared as one's own, especially a piece of land |
| invasion | An attack by an armed force to conquer another country |
| charter | A document giving permission to a person or group to do something |
| cash crop | A crop that people grow and sell to earn money |
| indentured servant | Someone who agreed to work for a number of years in exchange for the cost of a voyage to North America |
| pilgrim | A person who makes a long journey for religious reasons |
| compact | An agreement |
| diversity | A variety of people in a group |
| tolerance | Respect for beliefs that are different from one's own |
| growing season | The time of year when it is warm enough for plants to grow |
| industry | All the businesses that make one kind of product or provide a service |
| export | A product sent to another country and sold |
| import | A product brought into one country from another country |
| middle passage | the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas |
| slave trade | the business of buying and selling people as slaves before the American Civil War |
| proprietor | A person who owned and controlled all land of a colony |
| artisan | Someone skilled at making something by hand, such as silver spoons or wooden chairs. |
| laborer | A person who does hard physical work |
| apprentice | Someone who studiens with a master to learn a skill or business |
| plantation | A large farm on which crops are raised by workers who live on the farm |
| debtor | A person who owes money |
| refuge | A safe place |
| Indigo | A plant that can be made into a dark blue dye |
| overseer | A person who watches and directs the work of other people |
| spiritual | An African American religious folk song |
