13 Colonies Sets 1 & 2 + CLOZE 44-47

To persecute (v)

to mistreat a person or group on the basis of their beliefs

Religion (n)

a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny

Religious freedom (n)

The right to practice your religion and change your religion

Merchants (n)

people who buy and sell things

Mercantilism (n)

a way nations earned a lot of money. Mother country uses resources of colonies to sell manufactured things to the colonies.

Settlers (n)

People who move to a new place where no one lives

Colony (n)

An area outside of a country that is ruled by that country.

Starvation (n)

Suffering from extreme hunger

Permanent (adj)

forever

Representatives (n)

the people in government who make decisions for the people who elect them

To elect (v)

To vote for someone

House of Burgesses (n)

the group of people in Virginia Colony that made laws

Representative government (n)

a government where the leaders are elected to represent voters. The USA has a representative government.

Pilgrims (n)

Colonists that arrived in North America on the boat named "Mayflower"

Colonists (n)

people from one country that move to another area controlled by their government.

Passengers (n)

people on a boat

Self-government (n)

a government that gets power from the people it governs

To govern (v)

to lead or be in charge of a country

Puritans (n)

A group of colonists that came to North America wanting religious freedom

Massachusetts Bay Company (n)

A business that paid for colonists to come to North America. The company paid for the colony. The company traded with colonists and became wealthy.

to persecute (v)

to treat someone badly because of political, religious, or other differences

Define the word "persecution."

This word means to attack someone based on who they are or what they believe.

Migration is often caused by _.

Persecution

Define the word "religion."

This word means the belief in a god or spirits.

A _ shows the order in which events happened.

timeline

What does the prefix "chrono-" refer to?

time

Define the words "chronological order."

This word means that things are organized based on the time when they happened.

Slaves arrived the European settlers arrived.

after

The Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving _ the Puritans arrived.

before

Some European settlers came to North America to earn .

money

The Puritans and Pilgrims came for .

religious freedom

Poor Europeans came to have a _.

better life

Define the term "natural resource."

This word means something we can use to live that comes from nature (gold, silver, wood, water, animals, plants, etc.).

Africans came because of ___.

slavery

True or False: Studying American history helps us understand things happening in America today.

True

English __ wanted North American natural resources to get rich.

merchants

First, the merchants set up ___ in North America.

colonies

Second, the merchants sent people to look for ___.

gold and silver

When they didn't find gold and silver, the merchants sent settlers to in the colonies. They traded different natural resources.

live and work

True or False: Life was easy for the colonists that migrated to North America.

False

The settlers survived because the _ helped them.

Native Americans

The Virginia Colony obtained more settlers by promising _ for poor Europeans.

land

The settlers grew __ and the merchants became rich.

tobacco

English people living in ENGLAND participated in government by electing .

representatives

English people living in NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES wanted _ in government, too.

representation