Studies Weekly 23 Vocabulary

a contract

• charter

• colony

• provision

• monarch

a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one and occupied by settlers of that country

• colony

• charter

• monarch

• letter of marque

a supply of something

• provisions

• enslaved people

• pirate

• charter

people who worked on large farms and plantations and once they were finished with their service, were given land

• indentured servant

• enslaved people

• privateer

• pirate

people who were treated as property and could be bought and sold

• enslaved people

• indentured servant

• monarch

• pirate

to raise enough food to meet the needs of the family with no excess to sell or trade

• subsistence farming

• letter of marque

• charter

• colony

someone who attacks and robs a ship at sea

• pirate

• privateer

• monarch

• enslaved people

supreme ruler of a kingdom or empire (king, queen, emperor)

• monarch

• charter

• privateer

• enslaved people

a special license given to a sailor so that they could legally sell captured goods

• letter of marque

• charter

• subsistence farming

• colony

a sailor who possessed a letter of marque and was protected from punishment who would raid ships then split the profits with the monarch

• privateer

• pirate

• monarch

• enslaved people