Vocab😒

Question 1

Charter

Answer 1

A written contract given the right to establish a colony

Question 2

Colonist

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A person who settles in the colony

Question 3

Commerce

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Trade, the buying and selling of goods

Question 4

Indentured servant

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A person who works for a set time without pay and exchange for free passage to North America

Question 5

Mercantilism

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A economic policy intended to increase the wealth and power of a country/having a favorable balance of trade and establishing colonies

Question 6

Persecute

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To mistreat or harass someone because of their beliefs or race

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Plantation

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The large farm that raises cash crops

Question 8

Religious tolerance

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A willingness to except others even though their religious believes differ from your religious believes

Question 9

Self sufficient

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To provide for ones basic needs

Question 10

A man made object

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An artifact

Question 11

Nomadic

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To move from place to place without a permanent home

Question 12

Ally

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A country that agrees to help another country achieve a common goal, such as win to war

Question 13

Artillery

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Cannon and large guns

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Boycott

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Refuse to buy

Question 15

Casualty

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Someone wounded or killed in a battle or war

Question 16

Enlist

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To sign up for a military service

Question 17

Guerilla warfare

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Surprise attacks, often hit and run, by small bands or fighters

Question 18

Loyalist/Tory

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Term used to describe colonists who supported the British

Question 19

Mercentery

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A professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign country

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Militia

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A force of arms civilizations pledge to defend their community

Question 21

To describe colonists who wanted independence

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Patriots/rebel

Question 22

A privately owned ship as been granted permission by a wartime government to attack in enemy ships

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Privateer

Question 23

Information intended to influence the dissisions and people make

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Propanganda

Question 24

To take back or with draw

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Repeal

Question 25

Income

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Revenue

Question 26

To overthrow of an government by those who are governed

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Revolution

Question 27

Tax on imported goods

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Tariff