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early colony words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a large group of ships | armada |
| a document that allows colonists to settle a place | charter |
| using tools or techniques to solve problems | technology |
| extra | surplus |
| a crop sold for money | cash crop |
| a water route through North America to Asia | northwest passage |
| shares of ownership in a company | stock |
| a person who repays a debt by working a certain amount of time | indentured servant |
| Law making body in Virginia | House of Burgesses |
| amount of money remaining after the costs of business have been repaid | profit |
| A colony that disappeared while John White was in England | Roanoke Island colony |
| A colony that survived because the colonists learned to grow tobacco | Jamestown |
| A colony that started when the Mayflower was blown off course | Plymouth Colony |
| A Route that didn't exist but people kept looking | Northwest Passage |
| Reason why the Pilgrims came to the New World | Religious freedom |
| something that can be proved | fact |
| something you think or feel | opinion |
| leader of Native American tribes in New England | sachem |
| a document that established the government in Plymouth Colony | Mayflower Compact |
| movement of plants, people, animals and germs across the Atlantic Ocean | Columbian Exchange |
| something that caused millions of Native American to die | Disease |