Unit 1 - Colonial Vocabulary

_________ __________ such as the Mayflower Compact were early examples of people giving their consent to be governed.

• Free Markets

• Social Contracts

• Cash Crops

• Religious Groups

(1492-1607) – curious Europeans saw the new lands as a place where they could settle, trade, and grow rich resulting in the growth of the new world. This best describes which of the following?

• Profit

• Charter

• Exploration

• Political

Tobacco, Rice and Sugarcane are grown in the South. These are examples of -

• Contracts

• Cash Crops

• Charters

• Colonization

A location along the Atlantic coast where ships might find shelter and a place to disembark.

• Natural Harbor

• Region

• Export

• Mercantilism

The economic policy based on the idea that the American colonies existed only to economically benefit Great Britain

• Colonization

• Cash Crop

• Charter

• Mercantilism

The group of religious separatist that settled in Plymouth in 1620.

• Quakers

• Puritans

• Assembly

• Slaves

A document that gave colonies the legal right to exist.

• Region

• Social

• Mercantilism

• Charter

The idea that people of different religions should live in peace together.

• Religious Tolerance

• Mercantilism

• Economic

• Pilgrims

The trade Route between three destinations, such as Britain, West Africa, and the West Indies.

• Regions

• Import

• Triangular Trade

• Export

Moving to a new country for the purpose of living there permanently.

• Exploration

• Immigration

• Export

• Import