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Social Studies
Chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| colony | a land ruled by another country |
| hacienda | a large estate or home where sheep and cattle are raised |
| cash crop | a crop that people grow to sell |
| stock | part ownership in a business |
| royal colony | ruled directly by a monarchy |
| legislature | the lawmaking branch of government |
| ally | a partner |
| pilgrim | a person who makes a journey for religious reasons |
| self government | a system of government in which people make their own laws |
| slavery | the practice of holding people against their will and making them work with no pay |
| primary source | a record or artifact by a person who saw or took part in an event |
| proprietary colony | a colony owned and ruled by on person that was chosen by a king or queen |
| supply | an amount of a good thing that is offered for sale |
| demand | a need or desire for a good or service by people willing to pay for it |
| majority rule | the political idea that the majority of an orginized group should have the power to make decisions for the whole group |
| Tisquantum | Also known as Squanto a native american he was part of the Woampanaog tribe he helped the colonists find places to fish , farm and trade |
| La Salle | A French explorer who set out to find the mouth of the mississippi river and landed in texas but found the mississippi river valley in 1684 then was later killed by his own men |
| pocahantas | helped bring a short time of peace between the colonists and the native americans. she was also the chiefs daughter |
| mayflower compact | an agreement that will make fair laws for the colony it also gave those who signed it self government |
| powhatan wars | The virginia colonists took land from the native americans and they started a war. This war led king james the first to make this royal colony |
| jamestown | Englands first permanent settlement in north America |
| spain | was the first nation to start colonies in america |
| virginia | made huge profits from tobacco sales in europe |
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