Farming in which only enough food to feed one’s family is produced.

To buy goods from foreign markets.

Colony run by a governor and a council appointed by the king or queen.

Colony run by individuals or groups to whom land was granted.

A trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, the American colonies, and West Africa.

A thinly settled area on the outer limits of a colony.

Used for government meeting, and church houses.

Assistant who is assigned to learn the trade of a skilled craftsman.

Products of pine forests used in wooden shipbuilding and maintenance.

Landowner in the Dutch colonies who received rent, taxes, and labor from tenant farmers.

The movement of English settlers to the American colonies from 1630 to 1640.

A type of horse-drawn covered wagon used to transport grain.

A self-governing political unit.

Protestants who, during the 1600s, wanted to reform the Anglican church.

Protestants who, during the 1600s, wanted to leave the Anglican Church in order to found their own churches.

FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT

The first American constitution or plan of government.

Separatists who journeyed to the colonies during the 1600s for a religious purpose.

The acceptance of different beliefs.

A formal document, written in 1620, that provided law and order to the Plymouth colony.

Person opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes.

The theory that a state’s or nation’s power depended on its wealth.

A guarantee that all Christians had the right to worship as they please.

Protestant reformers who believed in religious tolerance; also known as the Society of Friends.

A plant that produces a blue dye.

Relating to that within a city.

To be outside a city, such as the countryside.

A person trained in a skill or labor.

The area around slow flowing rivers that are affected by the ocean tides.

Large farm worked by many laborers.

Form of business organization; pooled funds of many investors or stockholders who can independently sell their shares of the company.

The forced trip between Africa and America made by enslaved Africans.

A person who agreed to work for a colonial employer for a specified time in exchange for passage to America.

Laws that denied enslaved Africans most of their rights.

A region of hills and forests west of the Tide-water.

A document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area.

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Colonies Vocabulary

Term	Definition
SUBSISTENCE FARMING	Farming in which only enough food to feed one’s family is produced.
EXPORT	To sell goods abroad.
IMPORT	To buy goods from foreign markets.
ROYAL COLONY	Colony run by a governor and a council appointed by the king or queen.
PROPRIETARY COLONY	Colony run by individuals or groups to whom land was granted.
TRIANGULAR TRADE	A trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, the American colonies, and West Africa.
FRONTIER	A thinly settled area on the outer limits of a colony.
MEETING HOUSE	Used for government meeting, and church houses.
APPRENTICE	Assistant who is assigned to learn the trade of a skilled craftsman.
NAVAL STORES	Products of pine forests used in wooden shipbuilding and maintenance.
PATROON	Landowner in the Dutch colonies who received rent, taxes, and labor from tenant farmers.
GREAT MIGRATION	The movement of English settlers to the American colonies from 1630 to 1640.
CONESTOGA WAGON	A type of horse-drawn covered wagon used to transport grain.
COMMONWEALTH	A self-governing political unit.
CASH CROP	Food crops grown to be sold.
PURITANS	Protestants who, during the 1600s, wanted to reform the Anglican church.
CONSTITUTION	A formal plan of government.
SEPARATISTS	Protestants who, during the 1600s, wanted to leave the Anglican Church in order to found their own churches.
FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT	The first American constitution or plan of government.
PILGRIMS	Separatists who journeyed to the colonies during the 1600s for a religious purpose.
TOLERATION	The acceptance of different beliefs.
MAYFLOWER COMPACT	A formal document, written in 1620, that provided law and order to the Plymouth colony.
PACIFISTS	Person opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes.
MERCANTILISM	The theory that a state’s or nation’s power depended on its wealth.
TOLERATION ACT	A guarantee that all Christians had the right to worship as they please.
QUAKERS	Protestant reformers who believed in religious tolerance; also known as the Society of Friends.
INDIGO	A plant that produces a blue dye.
URBAN	Relating to that within a city.
RURAL	To be outside a city, such as the countryside.
ARTISAN	A person trained in a skill or labor.
TIDEWATER	The area around slow flowing rivers that are affected by the ocean tides.
PLANTATIONS	Large farm worked by many laborers.
JOINT-STOCK COMPANY	Form of business organization; pooled funds of many investors or stockholders who can independently sell their shares of the company.
MIDDLE PASSAGE	The forced trip between Africa and America made by enslaved Africans.
INDENTURED SERVANTS	A person who agreed to work for a colonial employer for a specified time in exchange for passage to America.
SLAVE CODES	Laws that denied enslaved Africans most of their rights.
BACK COUNTRY	A region of hills and forests west of the Tide-water.
CHARTER	A document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area.

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