A | B |
buffer | an area of land that serves as a barrier |
mission | a small religious community |
royal colony | a colony ruled by a king |
proprietary colony | a colony owned and ruled by one person who is NOT the king |
charter | a document giving a person or a group of people the official approval to take a certain action |
refuge | a safe place |
immigrant | a person who comes to live in a country from his or her home country |
indigo | a plant from which a blue dye is made |
St. Augustine | the first permanent European settlement in North America |
conflicts over the fur trade changed the way New France was ruled because... | the King declared New France to be a royal colony |
tobacco | the main cash crop because it brought in lots of money |
The Puritans | people who didn't agree withthe rules of England, and they settled in Massachusetts |
The Fundamental Orders | the first written system of the government in North America |
New York City | the city that grew from the Dutch capital of New Amsterdam |