Unit 1 Chapter 2 Vocabulary

an agreement for self-government signed by

Pilgrims on the ship MAYFLOWER

What does banish mean?

• to invite to a party

• to require by law to leave a place

• to order someone to shelter in place

• to sleep all day

a representative to the legislature in colonial

Virginia and Maryland

What is a cash crop?

• a cash cow

• a crop that is grown to be sold

• a kind of haircut popular in the 60s

an economic system in which resources and businesses are privately owned and prices are not controlled by government

What does persecution mean?

• the cruel and unfair treatment of a group of people

• a cute purse

• treating royal monarchs with respect

a large farm where one or more crops are grown by a large number of laborers, then sold for a profit by the owner

What does indentured servitude mean?

• Slavery against your will

• a system in which a person agrees to work for an employer for a certain amount of time in exchange for training or payment in land or goods at the end of the agreed time period

• Serving someone dented canned goods