Colonies Vocabulary

The wealth and resources of a country or region, in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services

• Social

• Political

• Economic

Relating to the government or a group in politics

• Social

• Political

• Economic

Relating to people, cultures, and lifestyles

• Social

• Political

• Economic

A document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony

• Permission

• Charter

• Constitution

• Mayflower Compact

A laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America

• Pilgrim

• Immigrant

• Slave

• Indentured Servant

A list of fundamental laws to support a government

• Charter

• Constitution

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

The first permanent and successful settlement in the New World

• Plimouth

• Jamestown

• New York

• Virginia

The document signed by the Pilgrims that set up an organized, orderly government. The first attempt at self-government in the colonies

• Mayflower Compact

• Charter

• Constitution

• English Bill of Rights

A crop that can be sold easily in markets

• Sugar cane

• Marketable profit

• Cash crops

• Surplus

Trade route between three destinations

• Triangular trade

• Middle passage

• 3 legged race

• Tripod trip