Unit 1 Vocab Flashcards
Astrolabe
An instrument used by sailors to observe positions of stars
Apprentice
Assistant who is assigned to learn the trade of a skilled craftsman
Burgesses
Representatives who were elected to serve in an assembly ; made laws in Virginia
Cash crop
Crops grown by farmers to be sold for money rather than for personal use
Charter
The right to organize settlement in an area
Colonization
A group of people moving from their homeland to a new area
Columbian exchange
The exchange of plants animals and diseases and Technologies between the Americans and the rest of the world
Culture
It way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs
Dissent
To disagree
Diverse
Variety or difference
English bill of rights
Gave Rights to the English citizens and started the idea of individual rights
Export
To sell goods abroad
Import
To buy goods from foreign markets
Indentured servant
Laborer Who agreed to work in exchange for passage to America
Joint stock colony
Colony established as a business by investors with the Kings permission
Line of demarcation
Imaginary line drawn to divide the land claims of Spain and Portugal
Magna Carta
Written legal agreement signed 1215 that limited the English Kings power
Mayflower compact
1620 contract written by the pilgrims; first self government in America
Mercantilism
The theory that a state or nation’s power depends on its wealth
Middle passage
Voyage bringing enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the North America
Navigation acts
Series of laws passed by the England restricting colonial trade
Northwest passage
Non-consistent waterway in America connecting The Atlantic and Pacific
Plantation
Hey largest estate run by an owner or manager and farmed by laborers who live there
Proprietary colony
Colony owned and ruled by one person who was chosen by king
Puritan
Came to America for religious freedom; settled in Massachusetts Bay
Renaissance
Rebirth of art culture and intellect started in Italy
Separatist
People who want to separate from the church of England to practice a religion freely
Smuggling
Trading it illegally with other nations
Subsistence farming
Farming in which only enough food to feed one family is produced
Triangular trade
Trade the route from the colonist to Africa and then Europe
