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Chapter 5
"Ben Franklin 5th Grade - Chapter 5"
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| expedition | journey made for a special purpose |
| colony | settlement far from the country that rules it |
| Columbian Exchange | movement of people, animals, plants, diseases, and ways of life between the Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere following the voyages of Columbus |
| conquistador | Spanish word for conquerors who came to the Americas in the 1500s |
| ally | a friend who will help in a fight |
| conquest | capture or taking of something by force |
| convert | to change from one belief to another |
| colonist | person who lives in a colony |
| society | group of people forming a community |
| plantation | large farm with many workers who live on the land they work |
| encomienda | grant given by the King of Spain to wealthy settler in New Spain. Gave settlers control of all the Native Americans living on an area of land |
| missionary | person who teaches his or her religion to others who have different beliefs |
| mission | religious settlement where missionaries live and work |
| charter | official document giving a person or group permission to do something |
| stock | share in a company |
| cash crop | crop grown to be sold for profit |
| indentured servant | person who agreed to work for someone for a certain amount of time in exchange for the cost of the voyage to North America |
| House of Burgesses | law-making assembly in colonial Virginia |
| Northwest Passage | water route that explorers hoped would flow through North America, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans |
| Pilgrim | person who travels to a new place for religious reasons |
| Separatists | group of people from England who wanted to separate themselves from the Church of England. Some traveled to North America in search of religious freedom. |
| persecution | unjust treatment because of one's beliefs |
| Mayflower Compact | plan of government written by the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower |
| Puritan | group of people who wanted to "purify" the Church of England. They established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. |
| dissenter | person whose views differ from those of his or her leaders |
| proprietor | owner |
| debtor | person who owes money |
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