(Unit 3) Colonization and Settlement-5th Grade Flashcards

things that tend to push people out of a place

things that pull people to a new area

a territory controlled by another country

a new community in a new place

a very large farm where people grow crops to sell

buildings and land protected by a tall wall and often lookout towers

when people invest in a company in order to earn profits

the joint-stock company that began the settlement

a written contract that gave a company or a person the right to establish a colony

a person who agreed to work as a servant for a certain number of years in exchange for a trip to the "New World"

an English settlement in the colony of Virginia founded in 1607

a crop that is grown in order to be sold

a law-making group

the Jamestown group of men who made the laws

a colony that is under the direct control of a king or queen

a person who was given land for a colony by the king or queen and allowed to govern the colony

a colony that was governed by a proprietor

the region of five colonies located in the southern part of the land claimed by England

the group of English settlers who founded the Plymouth Colony

the right to have any religious beliefs you want or no religious beliefs at all

a written agreement

the agreement the Pilgrims signed that created a government for their colony

the group of English settlers who founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony

the region of four colonies located in the northern part of the land claimed by England

members of a religious group who often faced religious persecution

the region of four colonies that developed between New England and the Southern Colonies

when two ideas or actions are in conflict

how a person looks at a problem or an event

an agreement between two groups of two countries