Monday, December 2, 2013

Colonial Vocab




Monday: definitions
Tuesday: sentences (10 words)
Wednesday: crossword
Thursday: study

colony -a land ruled by another country
plantations- large farms
slavery- the practice of holding people against their will and making them carry out orders
raw material -a resource that can be used to make a product
stock- a share of ownership in a company
Jamestown- the first English settlement in the “new world” (Virginia to be specific)
cashcrop- a crop that people grow to sell
indentured servant -a person who agreed to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time in exchange for passage to North America
represent -to speak for
established church -a church established and supported by the government
royal colony- a colony owned by a monarch
pilgrim- a person who makes a journey for religious reasons
frontier- lands beyond areas that were settled by colonists
industry- the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service
Middle Passage- the long journey  slaves took across the Atlantic ocean from Africa to the English colonies.
exports- products sent to other countries
imports -products brought into the country (from other countries)

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