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Chapter 5
"Ben Franklin 5th Grade - Chapter 5"
Question | Answer |
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expedition | journey made for a special purpose |
colony | settlement far from the country that rules it |
Columbian Exchange | movement of people, animals, plants, diseases, and ways of life between the Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere following the voyages of Columbus |
conquistador | Spanish word for conquerors who came to the Americas in the 1500s |
ally | a friend who will help in a fight |
conquest | capture or taking of something by force |
convert | to change from one belief to another |
colonist | person who lives in a colony |
society | group of people forming a community |
plantation | large farm with many workers who live on the land they work |
encomienda | grant given by the King of Spain to wealthy settler in New Spain. Gave settlers control of all the Native Americans living on an area of land |
missionary | person who teaches his or her religion to others who have different beliefs |
mission | religious settlement where missionaries live and work |
charter | official document giving a person or group permission to do something |
stock | share in a company |
cash crop | crop grown to be sold for profit |
indentured servant | person who agreed to work for someone for a certain amount of time in exchange for the cost of the voyage to North America |
House of Burgesses | law-making assembly in colonial Virginia |
Northwest Passage | water route that explorers hoped would flow through North America, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans |
Pilgrim | person who travels to a new place for religious reasons |
Separatists | group of people from England who wanted to separate themselves from the Church of England. Some traveled to North America in search of religious freedom. |
persecution | unjust treatment because of one's beliefs |
Mayflower Compact | plan of government written by the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower |
Puritan | group of people who wanted to "purify" the Church of England. They established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. |
dissenter | person whose views differ from those of his or her leaders |
proprietor | owner |
debtor | person who owes money |