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a settlement in a new area, under the control of another country. - colony, a person who moved to the New World of North America, living in one of the colonies. - colonist, a business opportunity that involves risk but could also make money. - economic venture, an English trading company chartered by King James I who settled the east coast of America (New World) - Virginia Company, a group of Pilgrims who separated from the main group and formed small congregations of their own for religious purposes. - Separatists, treating a group of people unfair or cruel because of their religion. - religious persecution , A group who settled Massachusetts Bay Colony to avoid religious persecution. They governed a strict colony that was based around the church. - Puritans, Religious reformers who believed that all people were equal. - Quakers, the action of interfering. In this case, others were interfering with the Quakers being able to practice their faith. - interference, A prison for people who owed money and could not pay it back - Debtor's Prison, The right to control one’s own labor, property, and money. - economic freedom, an area of land and the physical features of the land (mountains, flat, swampy, etc) - terrain, average, not too hot, not too cold, not too rainy. EX: “moderate summers” would mean not too hot. - moderate, A person who is highly trained in making something by hand. - skilled craftsman, animals raised for labor or to produce meat, eggs, milk, etc. EX: cows, chickens - livestock, different, varied - diverse, high level of moisture (water) in the air - humid, Area between the Atlantic Ocean and Appalachian Mountains. - Piedmont, Large farms, worked by enslaved people, to grow cash crops. - Plantations, People who agreed to work without wages for a set period of time in exchange for their passage to the colonies. - indentured servant, To focus on one of a few products, being really good at something. - specialization, Two or more depending on each other for goods and/or services - interdependence, point of view - perspective, made by machines - manufactured, a skilled worker, craftsmen - artisan, a person who buys and sells goods, businessman - merchant, People who were forced against their will to work without pay in the colonies. - Enslaved African Americans, Traveling from one place to another - passage, an official agreement - contract, payments citizens must make to the government - tax, materials that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain (to make money). - natural resource, Money, tools, building machinery or any other goods people make/use to produce goods and services. - capital resource, People who make up the workforce - human resource,

Unit 4: Colonial America Vocabulary

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