SS Colonial Vocab

Charter
A contract giving the right to establish coloni
Stock
An investment a company
Indentured servant
Person who works for a planter and return for his passage to
america
House of Burgesses
The first representative government of america (Jamestown
assembly)
Pilgrim
Person on a religious journey
Separatist
A person who left the church of england
Persecution
Be intrested different because of religious beliefs
Colony
A place under the control of another county
Subsistence Farming
Growing enough food to feed your family
Mayflower Compact
Document governing the pilgrim at promit colony
Triangular Trade Route
A trader out between the american colony, tribian and west africa.
Carrying slaves, manufacturing and goods
Middle Passage

The journey of slaves from west africa to west indies Many african
die on the ships
Crash crops
A crop produces to its commercial value. Money. (Tobacco)
Puritan
A group of protestants who wanted to purify the church of england
Proprietor
The owner of business or a holder of a property
Mercantilism
An economic system were colonie supply well for mother country