Lesson 1 Vocabulary, We the People

a settlement or territory ruled by another country.

• plantation

• colony

• state

• Founder

people of many different backgrounds.

• Native Americans

• Europeans

• Diverse

• Americans

The people who were important in the establishment of the United States.

• Founders

• British

• Christopher Colombus

• King George

A person who agreed to work for someone for a set period of time in return for the cost of coming to America.

• Slave

• Maid

• Indentured Servant

• Gardener

A large farm usually found in Southern States.

• colony

• settlement

• plantation

• self-sufficient

Able to provide most of one’s own needs.

• dependent

• Self-Sufficient

• land owner

• indentured servant

A person whose human rights are denied and who is forced to work for another person.

• Slave

• Indentured Servant

• Colonial Women

• Native American

A person under the authority or rule of another

• slave

• colonist

• subject

• constituent