Ch. 3 Vocabulary

Monarch

• A ruler

• A gift of land by the king of Spain, which gave a person control over the land and the people living there

• The organization of people in a society according to wealth and power.

encomienda

• A gift of land by the king of Spain, which gave a person control over the land and the people living there.

• A long period without rain.

• A crop that is grown to sell, rather than to be used by the grower.

class structure

• The first legislative body in the American colonies; in Virginia, this body included representatives elected by the colony’s landowners.

• A person who makes a journey for religious regions.

• The organization of people in a society according to wealth and power.

A person sent to a new land to spread his or her religion.

• missionary

• drought

•  House of Burgesses

A long period without rain.

• puritan

• commerce

• drought

Someone who puts money into a business hoping to make a profit.

• investor

• Cash crop

•  representative

Cash crop

• Someone who puts money into a business hoping to make a profit.

• A crop that is grown to sell, rather than to be used by the grower.

• A person chosen to act on behalf of others.

The first legislative body in the American colonies; in Virginia, this body included representatives elected by the colony’s landowner's.

• House of Burgesses

•  Indentured servant

• Pilgrim

A person chosen to act on behalf of others.

• Mayflower Compact

• Pilgrim

• representative

A person who makes a journey for religious regions.

• Pilgrim

• class structure

• investor