subsistence farming
when farmers produce only enough to feed and maintain their families
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 route
slave trade route among Europe, Africa, and the Americas, Regular trading route that formed a triangle between West Indies, colonial America, Europe, and West Africa
cash crop
food crop grown to be sold
conestoga wagon
a type of horse-drawn covered wagon used to transport grain
patroon
landowner in the Dutch colonies who received rent, taxes, and labor from tenant farmers
apprentice
trainee
frontier
a thinly settled area on the outer limits of a colony
urban
relating to that within a city
rural
to be outside a city; such as the countryside
tidewater
Area around slow flowing rivers that are affected by the Ocean Tides
middle passage
route between America and Africa
slave codes
laws that denied enslaved Africans most of their rights
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
