Colonization Vocabulary and People Places Things and Events

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Vocabulary and People, Places, Things, and Events for Colonization Test

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Colonization Vocabulary and People Places Things and Events

Colony
A settlement under the control of a parent country
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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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