Sunday, February 3, 2013

13 colonies vocabulary

The 13 Colonies Vocabulary

1. New England Colonies- New Hampshire, Massachusetts (Maine was also apart of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island

2. dissent- disagreement

3. expel- to drive out, force someone to leave

4. consent- agreement

5. sedition- speaking in ways that cause others to work against the government

6. frontier- lands beyond the areas already settled by colonists

7. industry- the businesses that make a one kind of product or provide one kind of service

8. the Middle Colonies - New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

9. refuge- safe place

10. diversity- having lots of differences and variation

11. immigrant- a person who comes into a country to make a new home there

12. The Great Awakening- a religious movement that brought people together and taught to accept religious differences

13. prosperity – economic success

14. artisan- craftworkers

15. apprentice- a person who works for another in order to learn a trade

16. Southern Colonies- Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia

17. constitution- a written plan of government

18. debtors- people who owe money

19. institutionalized- to become an accepted part of life (slavery became institutionalized in the colonies)


Monday – copy words and definitions on a separate piece of paper
Tuesday- crossword
Wednesday- use at least 10 words in a sentence
Thursday – study

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