Cards. Flashcards
Veto
To reject a decision made by a governing body
Nomadic
Living in a way that you travel from one location to another
Kivas
Deep pits in the Anasazi
Confederation
A number of tribes united into one larger group for governance
Plunder
To steal goods or other valuables
Joint-Stock Venture
A company that sold stock to rich investors who provided capital and took limited risks
Expedition
A journey undertaken for a particular purpose
Bankrupt
Lacking the ability to pay outstanding debts
Cash crop
A crop grown by a farmer for the sole purpose of making money
Charter
An official document that establishes a settlement and sets guidelines for its rule
Malnutrition
Becoming ill due to lack of nutrition
Predestination
The idea that everyone has a path planned for them by GOD
Salvation
In Christianity, the idea that faith in Christ will allow you to be free from your sins
Fertile
Farmland that’s capable of producing abundant crops
Slave codes
Laws passed that established the rights of slave owners and reinforced the low status of slaves
Manumission
The voluntary freeing of a slave by his master
Middle passage
The voyage slaves took from Africa to the new world
Diaspora
Dispersion of people from their original homeland
Yeoman
A man holding and farming a very small estate
Enlightenment
an intellectual revolution in England that encouraged innate goodness and progress
Head right system
Incentives provided to planters who imported their own workers
Persecution
Hostility or ill treatment due to differing religious beliefs
Quakers
A member of the Religious Society of Friends, a religion that was persecuted in England
Tolerance
The acceptance of something that one may not agree w/
Peter Minuit
Traded small items w/ local indigenous Americans in exchange for Manhattan island
