American History Vocabulary Part 1

1st 9 weeks

A process of establishing a community in a distant location supported by another country.

The 13 colonies were England’s attempt to begin colonization in North America.

EnglandNorth America

A new community created as people come to a new area and build homes and businesses.

The process where countries capture or take control of other lands around the world.

A group of investors that give money to a project in order to make a profit.

An agreement made between investor and colonist on the way the colony will operate.

A colony owned by one person.

William Penn owned Pennsylvania so he was the proprietor.

The mother country makes a profit from her colonies’ businesses.

Anyone who comes from far away.

A person that promises service to a family or individual in return for passage to the New World.

Having a lot of variety

A very large farm usually worked by slaves in the south.

A time when colonists began to participate again in religious meetings; a shared colonial experience.

A person who works with an expert for a period of time to learn a trade.

A religious group that believed in a pure relationship with God.