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A person who was brought to the colonies against their will and forced to work. They worked for their whole lives.
Enslaved person
A mandatory payment to the government.
Tax
A person who signed a contract to work for a certain amount of time in exchange for passage to the colonies or to pay off debts. After the time was up, the person was free.
Indentured servant
A gun with a long barrel used by colonists.
Musket
People chosen to speak and act for all colonists when the government made decisions.
Representatives
A large farm where crops such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton were grown.
Plantation
A person who works for a skilled person to learn how to do a specific job.
Apprentice
The word for "corn" in the language of the Wampanoag Indigenous people in northeastern America.
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