American Revolution Part I Vocab Terms

European

• A term once used to describe the continents of North America and South America

• An island which is now known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It includes England, Scotland and Wales

• A person who comes from the continent of Europe

• One of the seven continents in the world. Bounded by Alaska on the northwest, Greenland on the northeast, Florida on the southeast, and Mexico on the Southwest.

West Indies

• A term once used to describe the continents of North America and South America

• An island which is now known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It includes England, Scotland and Wales

• A person who comes from the continent of Europe

• One of the seven continents in the world. Bounded by Alaska on the northwest, Greenland on the northeast, Florida on the southeast, and Mexico on the Southwest

• A chain of about 1,000 islands in the Caribbean Sea that stretches from the southern tip of Florida to the northeastern corner of South America

Great Britain

• A term once used to describe the continents of North America and South America

• An island which is now known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It includes England, Scotland and Wales

• A person who comes from the continent of Europe

• One of the seven continents in the world. Bounded by Alaska on the northwest, Greenland on the northeast, Florida on the southeast, and Mexico on the Southwest.

New World

• A term once used to describe the continents of North America and South America

• An island which is now known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It includes England, Scotland and Wales

• A person who comes from the continent of Europe

• One of the seven continents in the world. Bounded by Alaska on the northwest, Greenland on the northeast, Florida on the southeast, and Mexico on the Southwest.

North America

• A term once used to describe the continents of North America and South America

• An island which is now known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It includes England, Scotland and Wales

• A person who comes from the continent of Europe

• One of the seven continents in the world. Bounded by Alaska on the northwest, Greenland on the northeast, Florida on the southeast, and Mexico on the Southwest.

Colonists

• A person from England who traveled to America in the 1600s and 1700s in search of religious freedom

• People who are ruled by another country

• The English colonists who founded the first permanent settlement in the New England colony of Plymouth in 1620

• Prisoners who have been taken by force without permission

• Buyers and sellers who goal is to make money

Captives

• A person from England who traveled to America in the 1600s and 1700s in search of religious freedom

• People who are ruled by another country

• The English colonists who founded the first permanent settlement in the New England colony of Plymouth in 1620

• Prisoners who have been taken by force without permission

• Prisoners who have been taken by force without permission

  Buyers and sellers who goal is to make money

Merchants

• A person from England who traveled to America in the 1600s and 1700s in search of religious freedom

• People who are ruled by another country

• The English colonists who founded the first permanent settlement in the New England colony of Plymouth in 1620

• Prisoners who have been taken by force without permission

• Buyers and sellers who goal is to make money

Pilgrims

• A person from England who traveled to America in the 1600s and 1700s in search of religious freedom

• People who are ruled by another country

• The English colonists who founded the first permanent settlement in the New England colony of Plymouth in 1620

• Prisoners who have been taken by force without permission

• Buyers and sellers who goal is to make money

Puritan

• A person from England who traveled to America in the 1600s and 1700s in search of religious freedom

• People who are ruled by another country

• The English colonists who founded the first permanent settlement in the New England colony of Plymouth in 1620

• Prisoners who have been taken by force without permission

• Buyers and sellers who goal is to make money