13 Colonies Vocabulary

Agriculture

• whaling

• carpentry

• farming

• fire fighting

aristocrats

• farmers

• royalty

• business men

• artisans

artisans

• people who plant crops

• people who were good at making products by hand

• people who hunt whales

• people who hunt

export

• bring goods into a country from another country to sell

• send goods to another country to sell

• to exit a ship

import

• to bring goods into a country from another country to sell

• to send goods to another country to sell

• to mail letters

piedmont

• coastal plains

• mountains

• rolling hills

plantations

• a busy city

• Very large farms

• small farms

• a shipping port

indentured servants

• a person who makes goods by hand

• a free person who is contracted to work without pay for about 4-7 years

• a person who is not free

immigrant

• people who are good at making products by hand

• peopler who make barrels

• people who move to another country

aristocrats

• educators

• farmers

• business men