Vocabulary Eras 1-4

American colonists who supported independence from Great Britain

• Taxation

• Political Revolution

• Patriots

• Loyalists

 Economic policy where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to increase the wealth and maintain a favorable balance of trade for the “mother” country

• Representative Government
  

• Colonization

• Exploration

• Mercantilism

Traveling to new territories for the purpose of discovery

• Representative Government
  

• Colonization

• Exploration

• Mercantilism

State sponsored settlement of people to new territories

• Representative Government
  

• Colonization

• Exploration

• Mercantilism

A contract given to someone to establish a colony

• Charter

• Plantations

• Region

• Boycott

Independent power

• Amendment

• Natural Rights

• Sovereignty

• Federalism

Political system where policies are created by representatives selected by the people

• Representative Government
  

• Colonization

• Exploration

• Mercantilism

Political system in which power is shared between a national centralized government and a collection of smaller state government

• Amendment

• Natural Rights

• Sovereignty

• Federalism

Large agricultural enterprise where crops are grown for sale

• Charter

• Plantations

• Region

• Boycott

Basic rights people are born with, also called unalienable rights

• Amendment

• Natural Rights

• Sovereignty

• Federalism