(5th) S.S Chapter 6 Vocabulary

A person who settles in a colony

• ally

• colonist

Relating to a form of government in which people have the power to rule themselves, often through elected representatives

• democratic

• Roanoake

The first permanent English colony in America, located in Virginia and named after King James 1

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

A set of rules written by the Pilgrims to help them live together peacefully.

• Mayflower Compact

• representative government

A form of government in which the ruler is a king or queen

• monarchy

• ally

A place in Massachusetts where the Pilgrims settled

• monarchy

• Plymouth

A form of government where the citizens elect the leaders to make decisions on their behalf

• ally

• representative government

An island off the coast of North Carolina that became the first English settlement

• Plymouth

• Roanoke

A small community created by settlers in a new territory

• democratic

• settlement

One person or nation united with another for a common purpose

• ally

• House of Burgesses