Colonial Vocabulary

A document granting a person or group the right to organize settlements in an area.

• charter

• cash crop

• import

• export

Puritans

• Protestants who wanted to separate from the Church of England

• Protestants who wanted to reform the Church of England

• elected representatives that made laws in Colonial Virginia

• religious group led by William Penn

Pilgrims

• Separatists who wanted to leave the Anglican Church and set up their own

• Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church

• elected representatives who made laws in Colonial Virginia

• people who followed the teachings of William Penn

Persecute

• to follow a leader who has new ideas

• to treat someone kindly

• to treat someone unfairly because of that person's beliefs or customs

• to accept others' beliefs and customs

Having something to do with the government, such as laws, rulers, etc. is___________________.

• social

• economic

• political

• religious

Having to do with the educational, religious, or leisure aspects of society is ______________.

• economic

• social

• political

• religious

Having to do with money and trade is _____________.

• economic

• social

• political

• religious

A trade route between the West Indies, American colonies, and West Africa

• Triangular Trade

• Middle Passage

• Mayflower Compact

• Mercantilism

A theory that a nation's power depends on its wealth is _________________.

• Persecution

• A charter

• Toleration

• Mercantilism

First permanent English settlement in North America

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• Massachusetts Bay Colony

• New Amsterdam