Early American Colonies Vocabulary

A product grown to be sold rather than for consumption by the farmer. Fill in the blank: ________

• cash crop

• staple food

• subsistence crop

• wild plant

An official document which sets up a government, establishing the rules and duties of its citizens. Fill in the blank: ________

• charter

• treaty

• manifesto

• petition

Political system in which citizens practice self-government. Fill in the blank: ________

• commonwealth

• monarchy

• dictatorship

• oligarchy

Period in the 1700s that stressed human reasoning in political philosophy and scientific advancements. Fill in the blank: ________

• Enlightenment

• Renaissance

• Industrial Revolution

• Middle Ages

Period in the mid-1700s in the American colonies which saw widespread Protestantism and the belief that stressed faith and one's actions above Bible knowledge. Fill in the blank: ________

• Great Awakening

• Enlightenment

• Industrial Revolution

• Renaissance

Name given to the trade route across the Atlantic Ocean that saw goods and slaves transported between Africa, the West Indies, the America colonies, England, and Europe. Fill in the blank: ________

• Triangle Trade

• Silk Road

• Panama Canal

• Suez Route

Founded in Virginia in 1619, it became the first elected governmental body in America. Fill in the blank: ________

• House of Burgesses

• Continental Congress

• Mayflower Compact

• Virginia Senate

Individual who signed a contract to work for a specific period of time in exchange for passage to America. Fill in the blank: ________

• indentured servant

• slave

• apprentice

• sharecropper

First successful English colony in America. Fill in the blank: ________

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• Roanoke

• St. Augustine

A religious group that practices peace and non-violence and who came to America seeking religious freedom. Fill in the blank: ________

• Quakers

• Puritans

• Pilgrims

• Shakers