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Colonial America Vocabulary Grade 8

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

burgesses

a)

Small hills

b)

land owner

c)

lawyer

d)

representatives

2.

headright

a)

land grant

b)

leader

c)

shareholder

d)

stock

3.

joint-stock company

a)

investors buy shares & are part owners

b)

official document

c)

plantation owner

d)

entrepenuer

4.

charter

a)

map

b)

document granted the right to form a colony

c)

merchant

d)

royal colony

5.

dissented

a)

agreed with

b)

to break away completely

c)

to flee

d)

to disagree with

6.

persecuted

a)

mistreated because of their beliefs

b)

excused

c)

included

d)

celebrated

7.

tolerance

a)

to deny

b)

to accept

c)

to forfeit

d)

to escape

8.

patroons

a)

someone who sells merch

b)

a person who obeys the law

c)

a person who tells the truth

d)

a landowner

9.

pacifists

a)

a person who is angry

b)

a person who is funny

c)

a person who refuses to fight

d)

a person who is annoying

10.

indentured servant

a)

laborer who agrees to work without pay for a set time in exchange for passage to America

b)

someone who settles in a forbidden area

c)

a criminal who consistently breaks the law

d)

someone who opposes the government

11.

constitution

a)

1st ten amendments

b)

land grant

c)

unofficial document

d)

list of fundamental laws to support a government

12.

debtors

a)

person or country that owes money

b)

person who flees a country

c)

country who invades a smaller region

d)

country that is taken over by force