Chapter 4- Vocabulary - Life in the Colonies

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someone who owns land or property

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proprietor

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a great deal of variety

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diverse

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the forced voyage of enslaved Africans on ships across the Atlantic Ocean from West Africa to the West Indies as part of the triangular trade route from the 1500s to the mid-1800s

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Middle Passage

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to trade one good for another

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barter

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a line that divides an area

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boundary

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an agreement, usually between nations

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treaty

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a product sold to other countries (goes out)

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export

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an area that shares physical or human characteristics

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region

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a pattern of trade that developed during the 1600s and 1700s that had three parts and linked the 13 colonies with Europe, Africa, and the West Indies

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triangular trade

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the act of buying and selling people

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slavery