Ch. 3: Communities Build a Nation-Vocabulary

an official member of a community

• citizen
• government
• patriot
• pilgrim

to settle lands for another country

• drought
• colonize
• Quaker
• reservation

a formal agreement or treaty between groups to work together

• debt
• independence
• confederacy
• mission

a written plan of government that explains the beliefs and laws of a state or nation

• expedition
• longhouse
• legislature
• constitution

to work together

• cooperate
• debt
• revolution
• route

a special way of doing something that is part of a person's culture

• explorer
• custom
• fort
• government

money that is owed to another person

• colonize
• legend
• debt
• protest

a period of time when there is not enough water

• revolution
• independence
• pilgrim
• drought

a trip made for a special reason

• expedition
• Quaker
• territory
• protest

a person who travels looking for new lands and discoveries

• independence
• explorer
• mission
• patriot