Colonial America Vocabulary

Colonial America Vocabulary

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Social Studies

8th Grade

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1.

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A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.

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colony

2.

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A government ruled by a king or queen

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monarchy

3.

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the colony was established by a group of settlers who had been given a formal document allowing them to settle

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Charter Colony

4.

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A company is made up of a group of shareholders. Each shareholder contributes some money to the company and receives some share of the company's profits and debts.

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joint stock company

5.

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treated badly and unfairly, usually because of religion, politics, or race

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persecuted

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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A religious group that wanted to purify the Church of England. They came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay.

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Puritans

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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English Puritans who founded Plymouth colony in 1620

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Pilgrims

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