Colonial America Vocab Flashcards
Apprentice
A person learning a trade, agreeing to do work at low payments
Apothecary
It is a place where medicine is sold
Artisan
A person who made things by hand
Blacksmith
A person who fixes or sells things in iron by hand
Cash crop
An agriculture crop which is grown for sale for profit
Chamber pot
A toilet
Cooper
They would create a cask for tobacco, flour, and gun powder
Indentured Servant
A person who agreed to do work for another person without pay for a certain amount of time
Merchant
A business person who trades to earn money
Persecution
An act of persecuting
Plantation
A usually large farm or estate, relating to the establishment of one of the colonies
Privies
Restroom
Proprietor
An owner
Self- sufficient
Able to provide their own needs
Slave
A person who is property and is forced to obey them
