13 Colonies Vocab

A colony that is owned by one person, or a small group, and they can choose how to run it. They can treat it like their "property"

• Proprietary Colony

• Joint Stock Company

• Royal Colony

• Charter

Investors would put their money together to "own" a colony in North America. If the colony made profits, then they would get a portion of those profits

• Proprietary Colony

• Joint Stock Company

• Royal Colony

• Charter

A colony that is run directly by the King/Queen or by a governor that is chosen by the King/Queen

• Proprietary Colony

• Joint Stock Company

• Royal Colony

• Charter

A crop that is grown specifically in order to make a profit

• Cash Crop

• Staple Crop

• Plantation

• Indentured Servitude

A crop that is usually food and people rely on for nutrition

• Cash Crop

• Staple Crop

• Plantation

• Indentured Servitude

A short document written by the Pilgrims to set up a basic government before they landed at Plymouth Rock

• Mayflower Compact

• House of Burgessess

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

People from England who disagreed with some of the practices of the Church of England. They wanted to fix or "purify" some of the practices of the church.

• Puritans

• Quakers

• Mormons

• Baptists

A branch of Christianity that believed in equality, peace, and religious freedom. Set up in Pennsylvania

• Puritans

• Quakers

• Mormons

• Baptists

Large farms that specialize in one specific cash crop

• Plantations

• Indentured Servitude

• Cash Crop

• Staple Crop

A person signs a contract to work for a specific amount of time in exchange for transportation to the New World

• Indentured Servitude

• Plantation

• Cash Crop

• Pilgrim