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The Southeast - Lesson 2
Southeast - Lesson 2
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4th Grade
01/04/2023

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13 colonies
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The original states : Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Virginia.
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House of Burgesses
Definition
the first elected legislative assembly in the New World established in the Colony of Virginia in 1619
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cotton gin
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A machine for cleaning the seeds from cotton fibers, invented by Eli Whitney in 1793
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Yeoman
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Southern owner of a small farm who did not have enslaved people
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port city
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a city, town, or other place where ships load or unload.
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steamship
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A ship powered by steam engines; invented in 1787
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