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13 Colonies Vocab
A few basic terms.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pilgrim | a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons. |
| Puritan | a member of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church |
| Middle Passage | the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies |
| Missionary | a person sent on a religious mission |
| Treaty | an agreement at the end of the war |
| Established Church | a state religion |
| Triangle Trade | a system in which slaves, crops, and manufactured goods were traded between Africa, the Caribbean, and the American colonies. |
| Indigo | a tropical plant of the pea family, which was formerly widely cultivated as a source of dark blue dye. |
| treaty | a formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries. |
| Religious Tolerance | when people allow other people to think or practice other religions and beliefs |
| Charter | a written grant by a country's legislative power, by which a city is created and its rights and privileges defined. |
| Quakers | A protestant christian that has strong non-violence beliefs |
| Persecution | hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs. |
| Debtor | a person or institution that owes a sum of money. |
| Mason-Dixon Line | the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, taken as the northern limit of the slave-owning states before the abolition of slavery. |
| Proclamation Line | the western border of the English colonies. |