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Colonial Bingo
Life In Colonial America Bingo
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Unfair or cruel treatment because of one's beliefs | Persecution |
| The owner of a business | Proprietor |
| Religious group of of English Protestants who wanted to be part of the Church England, but they wanted a the church's beliefs purified and a simpler way of life | Puritans |
| Known as "The Religious Society of Friends" | Quakers |
| People who move to relatively uninhabited land or frontier to live | Settlers |
| Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia | Southern Colonies |
| Plants grown for food that can be stored for use throughout the year or grown and picked fresh all year and is a basic part of the diet | Staple Crops |
| A large open square in the center of town where people could meet and trade goods and where major outdoor events took place | Town Common |
| A form of direct democratic rule in which most or all the members of a community come together to set policies and talk about issues | Town Meeting |
| The routes ships took that linked Britain, Africa, and the British colonies | Triangular Trade Routes |
| The popular name given to the English colony that settled on Roanoke Island then mysteriously disappeared | The Lost Colony |
| Agreement signed by the male passengers of the Mayflower | Mayflower Compact |
| A skilled workman, usually in business on their own | Master |
| A community building where all the town's residents could discuss local issues, conduct religious worship, and engage in town business | Meetinghouse |
| Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey | Middle Colonies |
| An American militia man that volunteered to be ready to fight at a minute's notice | Minuteman |
| Goods sent to another country, usually to be sold | Exports |
| Appointed by the British government to represent Britain and oversee a colony | Governor |
| Goods brought into a country, usually for selling | Imports |
| The first permanent English settlement in North America | Jamestown |
| Workers who have completed an apprenticeship and are paid for their work | Journeymen |
| A young boy who spent 5 or more years living and working with a master craftsman to learn a trade | Apprentice |
| A skilled worker who made things by hand | Artisan |
| A form of trade where goods or services are exchanged for a certain amount of other goods or services | Barter System |
| Plants that are grown to be sold | Cash Crops |
| Document issued by the King allowing a group/company to establish a colony | Charter |
| A group of people from one country who build a settlement in another territory and claim the land for the original country | Colony |