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13 Colonies Vocabulary

Mrs. Rothfuss' Vocabulary for the 13 colonies

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a place that is settled adistance from the country that governs itcolony
The first permament English settlement in America, founded in 1607Jamestown
a person who sells his/her services for a certain period of time in exchange for free passage to the New Worldindentured servant
the right to make your own lawsself-government
a person who is elected to decide matters for othersrepresentative
The representative assembly who makes laws (in Virginia)House of Burgesses
a person who travels to another place for religious reasonspilgrim
an agreement signed by the pilgrims where everyone agreed to make laws and to obey those laws for the good of the colonyMayflower Compact
town in Massachusetts. The site of the 1st permament European settlementPlymouth
land in the center of most colonial New England towns 9bleonged to everyonecommon
a meeting of everyone who owned land in a town to discuss town matterstown meeting
rule, or government by the peopledemocracy
a person learning a trade or craft from a master craft workerapprentice
the study of the Earthgeography
weather patterns of a specific area over a long period of timeclimate
business or manufacturing (such as clothing___)industry
things that are made or produced (such as shoes from a shoe factory, etc.)products
a person who wanted to keep the church purePuritan
the trading of goodsbarter
a plant from which blue dye is madeindigo
something, usually money, that is owed to someonedebts
the last of the 13 colonies to be settledGeorgia
a large farm on which one main crop is grownplantation
a person wh is owned by another personslave
trade routes between the colonies, Europe and Africa that formed a triangletriangular trade


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