Module 3 Lesson 1 Important Introdcutory Vocabulary
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Transcript of Module 3 Lesson 1 Important Introdcutory Vocabulary
Key Vocabulary for
Module 3, Lesson 1:
Settlement of the Thirteen Colonies
Review these important vocabulary terms as you prepare to learn about Colonial America.
Advance to the next slide in order to see the first important term, then advance again to continue.
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Pilgrims
People who were on a “religious journey” to America... in order to flee religious persecution
Puritans
A group of Protestants that arose out of the Church of England who wanted to “purify” the Church and believed in a greater strictness of religious discipline
religious dissenters
Those who spoke out against the teachings of the church
diversity
This word means, “many differences.” (religious diversity, ethnic diversity, etc)
Quakers
The religious group that settled Pennsylvania – they opposed war and fighting
pacifists
People, like the Quakers, who do not like war or fighting…therefore they were known as pacifists.
Catholics
The religious group that settled in Maryland
mercantilism
The idea that a nation should export more than it imports and become wealthy and more powerful
cash crops
Crops that were grown in the New World in order to make lots of “cash!” (like tobacco, rice, etc.)
Native Americans
The native inhabitants of North America
Jamestown (Virginia)
The first permanent English settlement in North America
plantation system
The economic system of the Southern Colonies…based on large scale farming and the use of slaves
indentured servants
People who exchanged a promise for a number of years work in order to get passage to America
triangular trade
The trade route that developed between the North American Colonies, England, and Africa
The Middle Passage
The terrible, cramped voyage of the slaves from Africa to the Colonies
Joint stock colony
Colonies that were settled by people who invested in hopes of earning a profit
proprietary colony
A colony controlled by one (or a small group) of owners
royal colony
A colony controlled entirely by the King
Now you’re ready to learn more about
Colonial America.
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lesson.