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| Settlement | a village built by people from another area |
| cash crop | a crop that is grown to be sold for profit |
| representative government | a political system where people elect others to speak for them in making laws and decisions |
| empire | a large holding of land and power |
| Pilgrims | people who go on a religious journey; Plymouth settlers who called themselves "Saints" |
| three sisters | corn, beans, and squash; named for their importance to the people of the Americas |
| charter | an official document giving permission to do something, such as settle in an area |
| Powhatan | the chief and/or group of American Indians that lived near Jamestown, Virginia |
| Jamestown | 1st permanent English settlement in the Americas |
| Plymouth | Massachusetts settlement where the "pilgrims" settled |
| Roanoke | English colony that was "lost" |
| John Smith | leader of the Jamestown colony; He helped the colony survive |
| John White | Governor of the Roanoke colony |
| Pocahontas | Powhatan "princess" that helped the Jamestown colony |
| Squanto | Native American that helped the Pilgrims |
| Mayflower | boat that brought the Pilgrims |
| indentured servant | a person who usually worked for someone in the NEw World for in exchange for their passage there |
| Mayflower Compact | The document Pilgrims used to rule the Plymouth Colony |
| colony | a land or settlement owned & ruled by a different country |
| market economy | An economy in which government has little or no involvement; resources are used to provide goods and services according to supply and demand |
| New England Colonies | Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, New Hampshire, & Rhode Island |
| Middle Colonies | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, & Delaware |
| Southern Colonies | Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, & Georgia |
| tolerance | acceptance of differences |
| assembly | a group of lawmakers or a meeting of such a group |
| Quaker | A religious group in the Middle Colonies also known as " Society of Friends" |
| Puritan | The religion of the Massachusetts Bay colony |
| Amish | A religios group also known as the "Pennsylvania Dutch" or the "Plain People" |
| Benjamin Franklin | Inventor, Statesman, and Author from Philadelphia, PA |
| Navigation Acts | Laws requiring that heavy taxes be paid on all items shipped within the colonies and goods shipped between the colonies and countries other than England |
| Bread Basket | What the Middle Colonies were called, because they grew grains that were ground into flour and then baked into bread |
| primary source | first hand account or document providing historical information, created by someone who was present at the time of the event |
| plantations | large farms in the Southern Colonies |
| libel | writing or publishing comments that hurt a person's reputation |
