| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Colony | A settlement under the control of a parent country |
| Charter | A plan; permission to start a colony |
| Region | An area made up of places with similar characteristics |
| Cash Crops | Easily grown and sold for a large profit; such as wheat, indigo, rice, tobacco, and cotton |
| Indentured Servitude | An agreement to exchange labor for travel expenses an/or job training for a certain amount of time |
| Plantation | A large farm that often used slave labor |
| Epidemic | Widespread illness |
| Independence | Freedom from others control |
| Slavery | Forced labor for no pay |
| Representational Government | A government in which people vote for thier leaders |
| Monarchy | A government ruled by a king or queen |
| Haven | A place of safety |
| Export | To ship out trade goods to other countries |
| Import | To ship in trade goods from other countries |
| Separatist | Wants to break away and start somethiing new |
| Indigo | A plant used for blue dye; successful cash crop grown on southern plantations |
| Prosperity | Richness and growth |
| Jamestown | 1st successful English Colony |
| Pocahontas | Native American who helped settlers at Jamestown |
| Puritan | Protestants who wanted to simplify thier religion and purify the Church of England |
| Separatist | Puritans who wanted to break away from the Church of England and create thier own |
| Pilgrims | The early English settlers of New England. Many were separatists |
| Plymouth | A colony created by the first Pilgrims in what is now Cape Cod, Massachusetts |
| Mayflower Compact | An agreement tot follow all fair laws agreed upon for the Plymouth Colony; signed by the men on the Mayflower |
| Squanto | Signed a peace treaty with Plymouth settlers and helped them get food |
| Charter of Liberties | A plan for Pennsylvanias government; served as a model later for the US government. |
| Roanoke | 1st English attempt at a colony; mysteriously disappeared |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | Led the Roanoke colonists |
| Captain John Smith | Leader of Jamestown |
| William Penn | Led Quakers, founded Pennsylvania |
| Quaker | Protestant group that settled in Pennsylvania. They believed strongly in non-violence and equality |
| Triangle Trade | Trade routes between North America, Europe, and Africa that involved slavery |
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