Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Benjamin Franklin
Slavery
The Colonial Economy
100
A story written about another person's life.
What is a biography.
100
Another name for the land near the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the backcountry.
100
Benjamin Franklin was a _________, _________, and ________.
What is writer, scientist, and inventor.
100
These people paid for their journey to the colonies with years of service.
What are indentured servants.
100
The colonies exported __________ to England
What is indigo
200
This is the word that means, "to bring in goods from another country."
What is import.
200
A story of a person's life, written by that person.
What is an autobiography.
200
Ben Franklin is credited with making this almanac more interesting by adding jokes and sayings to the book.
What is Poor Richard's Almanac.
200
These people were forced to work on farms and plantations, especially in the Southern Colonies.
What are enslaved people.
200
The Middle Colonies exported ________ and ________ to the West Indies
What is corn and wheat.
300
To send your country's goods to another country for profit.
What is export.
300
The supervisors on farms and plantations.
What are overseers.
300
This is the science experiment Ben Franklin is best know for conducting.
What is electricity and lightning rods.
300
These took basic human rights from enslaved people.
What are slave codes.
300
This is the reason many colonists moved to the backcountry.
What is because wealthy planters owned most of the coastal land.
400
The business of farming.
What is agriculture.
400
A reference book about stars and weather.
What is an almanac.
400
Name two things Benjamin Franklin invented that are still used today.
What is the Franklin Stove (a wood burning stove), and bifocal eyeglasses.
400
The business of buying and selling people for profit.
What is the slave trade.
400
This is the second leg of the Triangular Trade.
What is the Middle Passage
500
All the businesses that make up one kind of product or provide one kind of service.
What is an industry.
500
A governmental system where people can decide what to make, how much to produce, and what price to charge.
What is free enterprise.
500
This is the false name (pseudonym) Ben Franklin used to author funny stories used in his brother's newspaper.
What is Mrs. Silence Dogood.
500
A trade route that brought goods and services from the Colonies, to Africa, to the West Indies, and back to the Colonies.
What is the Triangular Trade.
500
The Southern economy was made up of these two things.
What is small farms and large plantations.
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