Colonial America Vocabulary Unit 3 Grade 6

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Roanoke Island

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Called the “Lost Colony”; the first attempt at apermanent English settlement

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Jamestown

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First permanent English settlement; economicventure of the Virginia Company.

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Virginia Company

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English company that settled Jamestown in 1607 for economic gain

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Plymouth

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Colony settled in 1620 by separatists calledPilgrims for religious freedom

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Massachusetts Bay

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Colony settled by the Puritans in 1630 forreligious freedom

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Pennsylvania

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Colony settled by Quakers for religious freedom;led by William Penn

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Quakers

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Religious group that believed in tolerance andnonviolence

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Georgia

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Colony started by James Oglethorpe as a placefor debtors to get a new start

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New England

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Colonies that had rocky soil, cold winters,used fishing and shipbuilding, and had the church as the center of life

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The Mid-Atlantic

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Colonies that had rich farmlands, many harborsand deep rivers, raised livestock and grain, and had diverse lifestyles invillages and cities

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The South

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Colonies with a humid climate, many small farms,large plantations which often used slave labor, good harbors, raised cash cropssuch as tobacco

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Large Landowners

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Colonists who lived mainly in the South whorelied on slave labor or indentured servants to run plantations

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Artisans

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Craftsmen such as blacksmiths, who worked in villages,cities, or plantations

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Indentured Servants

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Those who agreed to work without pay in exchangefor passage to America

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Slaves

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Africans who were captured and forced to workwithout pay or rights

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Religious Freedom

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The right to practice one’s own form of worship;a main reason for coming to America

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Economic Venture

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A main reason for coming to America; an attempt at making money

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Puritans

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Religious group that chose to be separate fromthe Church of England

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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Leader of the group that founded the Englishsettlement at Roanoke Island

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Proclamation of 1763

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Act of legislation (law) that prevented settlersfrom moving west of the Appalachian Mountains

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Women

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They had little access to education, worked inthe home, and couldn’t vote

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Small farmers

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They usually did not own slaves and relied onfamily members for labor.

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Free blacks

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African Americans who could work for pay and ownland but couldn’t vote

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Interdependence

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Relying on others to provide needed goods whileproviding them goods in return