Intro to colonies

Introduction to Colonies Vocabulary

1. colony- a land ruled by another country

2. slavery- the practice of holding people against their will and making them carry out orders

3.  raw material- a resource that can be used to make a product

4.  stock- a share of ownership in a company

5.  Jamestown- the first English settlement in the “new world” (Virginia to be specific) 1607

6.  cash crop- a crop that people grow to sell

7.  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

8.  established church- a church established and supported by the government

9.  royal colony- a colony owned by a monarch (King or queen)

10.  pilgrim- a person who makes a journey for religious reasons

11.   Plymouth Colony -the colony established in Massachusetts by the Pilgrims in 1620.

12. Wampanoag- Algonquian-speaking North American Indians who formerly occupied parts of what are now the states of Rhode Island and Massachusetts.  Corn (maize) was the staple of their diet, supplemented by fish and game. The tribe comprised several villages, each with its own local chief, or sachem.
13. Mayflower  - the ship in which the Pilgrims sailed from Southampton, England to the New World in 1620.

Tuesday:  definitions             

Wednesday: use the words in a sentence.

Thursday: sketch a picture to show the meaning of each word and  study