Vocab review

Question	Answer
Document that permitted colonist to settle on land claimed by their ruler	charter
A person who journeys for religious reasons	Pilgrim
A person whose views differ from others	dissenter
Shares in a company often sold to raise money for the company	stock
Pilgrims' written plan of government for their colony	Mayflower Compact
Crop grown for a profit	cash crop
Waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans	Northwest Passage
Person who owes money	debtor
Unjust treatment to a person because of his/her beliefs	persecution
A person who agreed to work for someone for a certain amount of time in exchange for the cost of the ocean voyage to North America	Indentured servant
Group from England who wanted to purify, or reform, the Church of England	Puritan
Person who wanted to separate from the Church of England	Separatist
Owner	Proprietor
The first law-making assembly in the English colony	House of Burgesses
A young person who learns a skill from a more experienced person	apprentice
The second leg of a three-part voyage	Middle Passage
A religious movement that revived many colonists' interest in religion	Great Awakening
Routes shaped like giant triangles	triangular trade routes
Reference book with facts and figures	almanac
People who rely on themselves for most of what they need	self-sufficent
An open space where sheep and cattle could graze	town common
a skilled worker who makes things by hands	artisan
Fight between enslaved people and owners near a river in South Carolina	Stono Rebellion

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	Created by Claire Weeks over 5 years ago