U.S. History Unit 1- Colonization

exploration

• to sail around, as in a vacation
• a place where people lived when they moved to the New 
• traveling to new territories for the purpose of discovery
• a way to get from one place to another

colonization

• a group of nations or people ruled by a single group or leader
• state sponsored settlement of people to new territories
• a way to get from one place to another
• process to find course or location

mercantalism

• economic policy where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to increase the wealth and maintain a favorable balance of trade for the “mother” country
• the uses of scientific knowledge and new ideas to create tools to improve lives 
• a system of ruling people
• a unit of soldiers

representative government

• a group of nations or people ruled by a single group or leader
• when people want to take over the government that rules them and create a new one
• large agricultural enterprise where crops are grown for sale 
• political system where policies are created by representatives selected by the people

migration

• Movement of animals from one place to another
• People staying in their own country
• movement from one place to
  another in usually to establish new home
• A person who has no actual home country

Charter

• State sponsored settlement of people to new territories
  
• A contract given to someone to establish a colony
  
• A geographic area that share similar characteristics
  
• A body of water having docks or port facilities
  

plantations

• Large agricultural enterprise where crops are grown for sale
  
• State sponsored settlement of people to new territories
  
• A contract given to someone to establish a colony
• An agricultural crop which is grown for sale to return a profit
  

region

• Traveling to a new territories for the purpose of discovery
• A geographic area that share similar characteristics
  
• Large agricultural enterprise where crops are grown for sale
  
• A body of water having docks or port facilities
  

cash crops

• A body of water having docks or port facilities
  
• Large agricultural enterprise where crops are grown for sale
• Economic policy where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to increase the wealth and maintain a favorable balance of trade for the “mother” country
  
• crops that are farmed in large quantities in order to be sold for profit.
  

 indentured servant

• •A person who agreed to work for someone for a certain amount of time in exchange for the cost of the ocean voyage to North America
• works for a set wage for a set number of years
• is forced into hard manual labor against his will
• mostly came from Africa