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COLONIES VOCABULARY

BASIC VOCABULARY TERMS DEALING WITH THE 13 COLONIES

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Indigoblue dye from a plant used to dye material, etc
Slaverythe practice of enslaving/putting one into bondage to work for an owner/master
Cash cropsa crop that is grown for a profit – to make money – cotton, corn, etc.
Dissentto disagree with leadership/government
Persecuteto oppress/harass for religion, beliefs,etc.
Puritanreligious group that wants to purify the church
Separatistone who wanted to get away from the Church of England
PilgrimCame over on the Mayflower looking for religious freedom
Tolerationto put up with
Religious freedomto be able to believe/worship as you please
Benefitit is good, an advantage
Importto bring into a country
Exportto send out of a country
Jurisdictionthe area in which the law is enforced
Manufacturingto make an item in mass quantities
Lumber/timberwood from trees used to make houses, barns, etc.
Commercebusiness
Chartereda document that details how
Accusedto be blamed or charged with a crime, etc
Relocatingto move somewhere else
Regionarea of land in a given area
Subsistenceto survive
Profitableto make more money than was spent in investing
Productionto make something in large quantity
Proprietary colonyroyal colony ruled by a governing body, ex: England sent over colonists to start a colony for them
Pacifistsomeone who believes in peace, does not want to fight or go to war
Quakermember of the Religious Society of Friends
Natural resourcesmaterials that occur in the land since time began…ex: coal, water, timber, etc.
Raw materialssomething that has not been processed or made into another item
Indentured servantsomeone who agrees to be anothers’ slave for a period of time in return for money, passage to a new world, etc.
Debtorsomeone who owes money
Tenant farmerone who farms land owned by another
Agriculturedealing with farming, raising livestock, etc.


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