Colonial America Vocabulary

town in present-day Massachusetts that was started for religious reasons

• Settlements

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

small communities that are started by people who are new to an area

• Plymouth

• Settlements

• Jamestown

three large areas into which the 13 English colonies were divided

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• Colonial Regions

town that was started in Virginia in hopes of finding gold and other riches

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

a person who agreed to work for someone for a certain number of years in exchange for travel to the colonies

• Slave

• Indentured servant

• apprentice

region with rocky soil, plentiful forests, and easy access to the sea

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

region with rich soil for raising wheat, a long growing season, and wide rivers

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

region where tobacco and rice were grown on large plantations

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

the first English settlement, which today is known as the “lost colony”

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

a large farm that requires many workers to raise the crops

• Settlements

• Plantation

• Colonial Regions