US History Unit 1

a people’s way of life, including beliefs, customs, food, dwellings, and clothing

• culture

• cultural region

• vibe

• nationality

to move from one place and establish a home in a new place.

• migrated

• moved

• traveled

• visited

good at finding ways to solve problems

• smart

• clever

• resourceful

• intelligent

a new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land

• settlement

• colony

• territory

• the US

Spanish soldier-explorers, especially those who conquered the native peoples of Mexico and Peru

• pilgrims

• missionaries

• conquistadors

• settlers

a person who travels to a territory or community in order to make converts to his or her religion

• conquistidor

• missionary

• pilgrim

• colonist

an economic policy in which nations tried to gain wealth by controlling trade and establishing colonies

• socialism

• communism

• capitalism

• mercantilism

an agreement that Pilgrims wrote and signed describing how they would govern themselves in the Americas

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

a formal document issued by the king that outlined a colony’s geographic boundaries and specified how it would be governed

• rule

• decree

• declaration

• charter

an agreement made in 1215 listing the rights granted by King John to all free men of the kingdom

• Magna Carta

• The English Freedom

• John's Rules

• Cagna Marta