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Life in the Colonies
Vocabulary words for early colonial life
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Social Studies
5th Grade
01/05/2016

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Captives
Definition
prisoners; people who are held against their will.
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Cash Crops
Definition
Crops, such as tobacco, rice, and cotton, that were produced on plantations.
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Charter
Definition
A document form the king giving land to the colonists.
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Corsets
Definition
Part of a woman's undergarments; stiffened by whale bones.
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Council
Definition
Group of people who give advice.
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Debt
Definition
Money owed to someone.
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Delegates
Definition
People chosen to go to a meeting and represent others.
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Elected
Definition
Chosen by people through voting.
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Exported
Definition
To ship goods to other colonies.
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Founded
Definition
To set up.
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Governing
Definition
Guiding or ruling people.
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Government
Definition
The people and organizations that run a country.
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Indentured Servants
Definition
People who were very poor; worked after arriving in the colonies to pay for their trip across.
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Indigo
Definition
Blue dye that was used on military uniforms and dress clothes in the 1700s.
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Inland
Definition
Away from the sea.
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Land Grant
Definition
A document that gives someone property.
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Legacies
Definition
Things handed down from the past.
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Livestock
Definition
Animals from farms (cattle, horses, etc.)
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Manufacturing
Definition
Making something by hand or machine.
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Merchants
Definition
People who own businesses.
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Navigation Acts
Definition
Laws set up by England to control trade to and from the colonies.
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Plantation
Definition
Large farm that produces a single crop for money.
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Profit
Definition
Money gained.
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Profitable
Definition
Producing a lot of money.
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Ratify
Definition
Make official.
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Refuge
Definition
Safe place.
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Settlement
Definition
A permanent place for people to live.
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