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5th SS TCI Ch 6
Ch 6 Vocabulary Early English Settlements
Question | Answer |
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monarchy | a form of government in which the ruler is a king or queen |
Jamestown | the first permanent English colony in America, located in Virginia and named after King James I |
colonist | a person who settles in a colony |
representative government | a form of government where the citizens elect the leaders to make decisions on their behalf |
democratic | relating to a form of government in which people have the power to rule themselves, often through elected representatives |
Mayflower Compact | a set of rules written by the Pilgrims to help them live together peacefully |
Plymouth | a place in Massachusetts where the Pilgrims settled |
Roanoke | an island off the coast of North Carolina that became the first English settlement |
settlement | a small community created by settlers in a new territory |
ally | one person or nation united with another for a common purpose. |