Ch. 3 & 4 Vocab Part I

Words to Study

Crops that are sold for profit

Cash Crops

To buy from a foreign market.

Import

A formal plan of government.

Constitution

Territory ruled directly by Britain.

Royal Colony

document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area.

Charter

A formal document, written in 1620, that provided law and order to the Plymouth colony.

Mayflower Compact

The acceptance of different beliefs

Toleration

Colony governed by individuals or group to whom land was granted

Proprietary Colony

A Person opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes.

Pacifists

To treat someone harshly because of their beliefs or practices

Persecute

Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church.

Puritans

Merchant shipping routes between the West Indies, New England colonies and West Africa

Triangular Trade

Natural resources that are not yet made into anything such as cut trees or coal that has been mined.

Raw Materials

Disagreement with or opposition to an opinion

Dissent

Produce just enough food to meet the needs of a family; little left over to sell or exchange.

Subsistence Farming

Protestants who wanted to leave the Anglican Church in order to found their own churches.

Separatists

To sell to another country.

Export

Separatists who journeyed to the colonies during the 1600s for a religious purpose.

Pilgrims

A theory that states: when a nation’s trade grows, its gold reserves increase, it controls more territory and the nation becomes more powerful.

Mercantilism

Elected representatives to an assembly

Burgesses

Established by settlers who were given a grant of rights and privileges

Charter Colony