N.E. Vocab--Chapter 5.2 Flashcards
1
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Self-government
A
A government in which the people who live in the town make laws for themselves.
2
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Dissenter
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A person who does not agree with the beliefs of his or her leaders.
3
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Banish
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To force someone to leave a place.
4
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Industry
A
All the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service.
5
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Export
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A product sent to another country and sold.
6
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Import
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A good brought into one country to another.
7
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Middle Passage
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The voyage of enslaved Africans from Africa to the West Indies.
8
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Slave trade
A
The business of buying and selling human beings.
9
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Town meeting
A
A gathering where colonists held elections and voted on the laws for their towns.
