Types of Colonies Flashcards
What is indentured servitude?
A person under contract to work for another person for a definite period of time, usually without pay but in exchange for free passage to a new country.
What was colonialism?
a system in which powerful nations rule over the land and people of weaker nations
What is a colony?
A land and its people that are controlled by a more powerful nation
What were the three types of colonies?
Trading Post Colonies
Settler Colonies
Plantation Colonies
What is a plantation colony?
large estate established to produce cash crops
Cash crop examples
cotton, tobacco, sugar, rice, and indigo
What is a trading post colony?
colony for the purpose of trade
________________ established trading posts throughout Canada and the Mississippi Valley
France
What is a settler colony?
established to attract people to want to live and stay in the colony
Settler colonies were governed by ___________.
the mother country
France mostly relied on ______________________ colonies.
trading post
Spain and England set up a mixture of
__________________________ colonies.
plantation and settler
