Unit 4 Vocabulary (Colonies)

group of people who wanted to “purify” the Church of England, founded Massachusetts Bay Colony

• expel

• Puritan

• dissenter

• self-government

a settlement far from the country that rules it

• colonist

• Puritan

• dissenter

• colony

a person who lives in a colony

• colonist

• Puritan

• dissenter

• self-government

to send away

• expel

• self-sufficient

• indentured servant

• cash crop

a person whose views differ from those of their leader

• expel

• self-sufficient

• dissenter

• self-government

citizens made laws together and agreed to follow them

• expel

• self-sufficient

• indentured servant

• self-government

person who agreed to work for a set amount of time in exchange for the cost of the trip to North America

• apprentice

• artisan

• indentured servant

• cash crop

crops that are grown and sold for money

• apprentice

• artisan

• economy

• cash crop

a skilled worker who makes things by hand

• export

• artisan

• economy

• import

ability to rely on oneself for most of your needs

• apprentice

• self-sufficient

• indentured servant

• cash crop