Lesson 1
The story of someone's, life written by that person
autobiography
He did a lot to establish the city of Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
This is a large farm in the Southern colonies
plantation
This word means the business of farming
agriculture
This is the lawmaking or passing of laws
legislation
The business of buying and selling people for profit
slave trade
This term means people who are skilled in a craft
These codes were rules to keep enslaved workers under control
slave codes
This is the amount of goods available at any given price and time
supply
These are members of the assembly
delegates
These (main three items) were traded for captives
Rum, cloth, guns
This word means the far edge of a country
frontier
This person was the boss of the plantation
overseer
This is a plant used to make blue dye
indigo
This word also means sheriff
constable
This phrase was used to describe the large population of people fleeing for a better life in the 13 colonies
"colony fever"
This is a person who works for a skilled laborer to learn a trade or art
apprentice
This man began freeing the enslaved people on his plantation in 1791
Robert Carter III
This word means all the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service
industries
This is a military force made up of volunteers
militia
These people worked for a master, but later were granted freedom
indentured servant
This was the name given to the foothills between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean
backcountry
This amendment abolished slavery
This is how many consumers desire the goods that are in supply and who will buy them
demand
This word refers to the betrayal of one's country by giving help to an enemy
treason