Unit 2 Vocabulary Practice

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a person who settles in a colony

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colonist

Front

relating to a form of government in which people have the power to rule themselves, often through elected representatives

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democratic

Front

a body of lawmakers

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assembly

Front

a person who works for a period of time to pay off money owed for a debt

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indentured servant

Front

someone who captures or holds another person for purposes of slavery, such as a plantation owner

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enslaver

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a public sale in which property is sold to the highest bidder

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auction

Front

the exchange of people who were enslaved and goods between Europe, the Americas, and West Africa

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triangular trade

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the activities of governments and the people who work in them

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politics

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the main government building in which lawmakers meet

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capitol

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the capitol town of the British Colony of Virginia from 1699 to 1799

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Williamsburg