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| West Indies | islands in the Caribbean Sea that were part of the triangular trade route |
| Nantucket | an island off the coast of Massachusetts where whaling is an important industry |
| Martha’s Vineyard | an island close to Nantucket where whaling is an important industry |
| Boston | harbor in New England Colony of Massachusetts that was part of the triangular trade route |
| Newport | harbor in New England Colony of Rhode Island that was part of the triangular trade route |
| subsistence farming | when farmers produced only enough to feed and maintain their family |
| export | a product that originates in one place and is sold in another |
| import | a trade product that is brought into a country |
| artisan | a person trained in a skill or labor |
| triangular trade routes | regular trading route that formed a triangle between West Indies, colonial America, Europe, and West Africa |
| Philadelphia | port city in the Middle Colony of Pennsylvania |
| New York City | port city in the Middle Colony of New York |
| Delaware River | river that flows past Philadelphia where goods were shipped |
| Baltimore | port city in the Southern Colony of Maryland |
| Appalachian Mountains | mountain range that was the frontier of the Colonies in the 1600s |
| cash crop | food grown to be sold |
| Conestoga Wagon | a type of horse-drawn covered wagon used to transport grain and other products |
| patroon | landowner in a Dutch colonies who received rent, taxes, and labor from tenant farmers |
| apprentice | one who is bound to a master without pay to learn a craft or trade |
| frontier | a thinly settled area on the outer limits of a colony |
| Chesapeake Bay | large plantations covered acres of land along this bay in the Southern Colonies |
| Potomac River | river in Virginia |
| James River | river in Virginia where Jamestown was established |
| Savannah River | river that went through South Carolina and Georgia with swampy coastal lands where rice was grown |
| West Africa | place where slaves were shipped from |
| urban | living in or related to cities |
| rural | living in or related to the countryside outside of the city |
| Tidewater | the area around slow flowing rivers that are affect by the ocean tides |
| Middle Passage | the forced trip between Africa and America made by enslaved Africans |
| slave codes | laws that denied enslaved Africans most of their rights |
| James II | king of England that tried to unite colonies as the Dominion of New England |
| Sir Edmund Andros | royal governor of the Dominion of New England |
| Nathaniel Bacon | led Bacon’s Rebellion against Native American and the governor’s troops |
| John Peter Zenger | published the New York Journal which opposed Governor William Cosby |
| bill of rights | a document listing essential freedoms guaranteed to all citizens |
| libel | the act of publishing harmful statements |
| mercantilism | the theory that a state’s power depends on its wealth |
| Navigation Acts | laws passed by England to control colonial trade |
| legislature | a lawmaking body |
