Colonial America Vocabulary

Colony

• a large farm

• a land ruled by another country

• part ownership in a business

• the practice of holding people against their will and making them work without pay

Religious Toleration

• all the businesses that make one kind of product

• an agreement

• acceptance of religious differences

• to speak for a colony

Plantation

• a land ruled by another country

• part ownership in a business

• a large farm

• to speak for a colony

Compact

• an agreement

• a large farm

• a crop that people grow to sell

• a land ruled by another country

Indentured Servant

• a colony ruled directly by a monarchy

• a large farm

• part ownership in a business

• a person who agreed to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time

Slavery

• a person who agreed to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time

• the money left over after all costs have been paid

• the practice of holding people against their will and making them work without pay

• all the businesses that make one kind of product

Industry

• all the businesses that make one kind of product

• part ownership in a business

• a crop that people sell to grow

• to speak for a colony

Pilgrim

• the practice of holding people against their will and making them work without pay

• acceptance of religious differences

• a person who makes a journey for a religious reasons

• a crop people grow to sell

Royal Colony

• a land ruled by another country

• a large farm

• to speak for a colony

• a colony ruled directly by a monarchy

Stock

• the money left over after all costs have been paid

• a crop that people grow to sell

• a large farm

• part ownership in a business