| Vocabulary Term |
Definition |
| broker |
a person who paid to buy and sell things for someone else |
| presidio |
a military fort built for the protection of settlers in the Spanish borderlands |
| militia |
a town's voluntary army |
| indentured servant |
a person who worked without pay to pay the cost of coming to the Americas |
| mission |
a small community of Catholic religious workers in the Spanish colonies |
| auction |
a place where slaves were bought and sold |
| debtor |
a person who has been in prison for owing money |
| fall line |
a place where the land drops sharply, causing rivers to form waterfalls |
| scarce |
not plentiful |
| hacienda |
a large estate |
| self-sufficient |
self-supporting |
| royal colony |
a colony ruled by a king or queen |
| portage |
the carrying of canoes and supplies around waterfalls and rapids or overland between rivers |
| tributaries |
branch rivers |
| proprietary colony |
a colony that was owned and ruled by one person who was chosen by a king or queen |
| proprietor |
a land owner |
| Puritans |
a member of the Church of England who settled in North America to follow Christian beliefs in a more "pure" way |
| charter |
a document giving a person or group official approval to take a certain action |
| Fundamental Orders |
the first written system of government in North America; adopted in Connecticut |
| influence |
the ability people or things have to affect other people or things |
| refuge |
a safe place |
| immigrants |
people who come to live in a country after leaving their home country |
| frontier |
the land beyond the settlements |
| cash crop |
a crop that people raise to sell to others rather than to use themselves |
| House of Burgesses |
an assembly that met in the colony of Virginia to make laws |
| naval stores |
products made from pine tar that were used in building and repairing ships |
| Indigo |
a plant from which blue dye is made |
| debtors |
people who had beein in prison for owing money |
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