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WorksheetsExploration and Colonization Vocabulary
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 17mins
Representative Government
political system in which voters elect representatives to make laws
1620: English settlers who sought religious freedom in the Americas
legislature in England
Product, service, or goods. Something you can buy, sell, or trade.
Magna Carta
A 1620 SOCIAL CONTRACT for ruling the Plymouth Colony signed by Pilgrims
Signed in 1215, a British document that stated Monarchs have to obey the laws and citizens have basic rights
the mistreatment of people because of their beliefs.
Lands settled by a mother country to gain power and wealth.
Mayflower Compact
Representative assembly in colonial Virginia
Willingness to let others practice their own beliefs
A natural waterway through or around North America
A 1620 SOCIAL CONTRACT for ruling the Plymouth Colony signed by Pilgrims before they landed at Plymouth
House of Burgesses
igned in 1215, a British document that stated Monarchs have to obey the laws and citizens have basic rights
Group of people who have the power to make laws
Representative assembly in colonial Virginia
a safe place or sanctuary, usually in a church.
Columbian Exchange
Willingness to let others practice their own beliefs
Group of English Protestants who settled the Massachusetts Bay
A natural waterway through or around North America that did not exist
The global exchange of goods and ideas resulting from the encounter between the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
Pilgrims
Group of people who have the power to make laws
1620: English settlers who sought religious freedom in the Americas
legislature in England
Crop sold for money at market
Puritans
Person who cannot pay money he or she owes
Group of English Protestants who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630
a safe place or sanctuary, usually in a church.
Willingness to let others practice their own beliefs
Northwest Passage
A natural waterway through or around North America that did not exist
Group of people who have the power to make laws
Lands settled by a mother country to gain power and wealth.
A safe place or sanctuary, usually in a church.
Protestant Reformation
Movement to reform the Catholic Church in the 1500s that led to the creation of many different Christian churches
Person who cannot pay money he or she owes
Signed in 1215, a British document that st
political system in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them
Religious Tolerance
Willingness to let others practice their own beliefs
Group of people who have the power to make laws
Person who cannot pay money he or she owes
the mistreatment of people because of their beliefs.
Persecution
the European country that established a colony. The ruling power of a colony
Crop sold for money at market
Representative assembly in colonial Virginia
the mistreatment of people because of their beliefs.
Legislature
Group of English Protestants who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630
A country’s church that the government (King) says everyone will belong to
political system in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them
the mistreatment of people because of their beliefs.
Parliament
Legislature in England
Product, service, or goods. Something you can buy, sell, or trade.
the mistreatment of people because of their beliefs.
Plant used to make a valuable blue dye
Cash Crops
Willingness to let others practice their own beliefs
Plant used to make a valuable blue dye
Crop sold for money at market
Lands settled by a mother country to gain power and wealth.
Indigo
Plant used to make a valuable blue dye
Group of people who have the power to make laws
A country’s church that the government (King) says everyone will belong to
a safe place or sanctuary, usually in a church
Debtor
political system in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them
Person who cannot pay money he or she owes
Product, service, or goods. Something you can buy, sell, or trade
Representative assembly in colonial Virginia
Colonies
legislature in England
Plant used to make a valuable blue dye
Lands settled by a mother country to gain power and wealth.
Product, service, or goods. Something you can buy, sell, or trade.
Mercantilism
An economic system where colonies are established to provide wealth to the “mother country”
Lands settled by a mother country to gain power and wealth.
the mistreatment of people because of their beliefs.
Representative assembly in colonial Virginia
Transatlantic Trade
Lands settled by a mother country to gain power and wealth.
Product, service, or goods. Something you can buy, sell, or trade.
Colonial trade route between New England, the West Indies, and Africa.
Crop sold for money at market
Commodity
Group of people who have the power to make laws
Product, service, or goods. Something you can buy, sell, or trade.
a safe place or sanctuary, usually in a church.
Willingness to let others practice their own beliefs
Mercantilism
an economic system where colonies are established to provide wealth to the “mo
Person who cannot pay money he or she owes
political system in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them
1620: English settlers who sought religious freedom in the Americas
The Mother Country
A country’s church that the government (King) says everyone will belong to
Movement to reform the Catholic Church in the 1500s that led to the creation of many different Christian churche
the European country that established a colony. The ruling power of a colony.
Group of people who have the power to make laws
Refuge
a safe place or sanctuary, usually in a church.
Lands settled by a mother country to gain power and wealth.
Group of people who have the power to make laws
Plant used to make a valuable blue dye
