Ch. 5 The struggle to found colonies

12 cards·by AMckinley

cash crop

crops grown to be sold for profit

charter

official document giving a person or group permission to do something

debtor

person who owes money

dissenter

person whose views differ from those of his or her leaders

House of Burgesses

law-making assembly in colonial Virginia

indentured servant

person who agreed to work for someone for a certain time

Mayflower Compact

plan of government written by the Pilgrims

Northwest passage

water route that explorers hoped would flow through North America

persecution

unjust treatment because of one's own belief

proprietor

owner

pilgrim

person who travels to a new place for religious reasons

puritan

people who wanted to "purify" the church of England