Project # __: Unit 3 Colonial Era Vocabulary Name: _____________
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Directions: Tape this directions page and the vocabulary list in
in your Lab Journal. Use the directions below as a rubric to complete
your project:
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Copy the words on your project pages.
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Find the definitions in your textbook
or on-line
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Create a drawing to illustrate the word.
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Color the drawing.
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Use the word in a sentence.
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5 points total/ word = 100 points for the total project.
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There will be a vocabulary test over these words after the project is
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royal colony = a colony under the control of the English king page 126
Charter = official document granting the right to settle and trade page 123
Mercantilism = the theory that a state’s power depends on its wealth page
170
indentured servant = person who agreed to work for a colonial employer for
a specified time in exchange for passage to America page 125
Plantation = large farm worked on by many laborers pp. 81, 125
chattel slavery = The state of one bound in servitude as the property of a
slaveholder or household. (page 165 Slave Codes)
cash crops = crop grown to be sold such as tobacco, cotton, rice, indigo (page
157)
staple crops = a food that is eaten routinely, and in such quantities that it
constitutes a dominant portion of a standard diet in a given population
(example corn or wheat)
subsistence farming = when farmers produce only enough to feed and
maintain their families page page 151
joint stock company = form of business organization; pooled funds of many
investors or stockholders who can independently sell their shares of the
company (example: The Virgina Company). Page 123
burgesses = elected representatives to a lawmaking body in the English
colonies (example: The Virginia House of Burgesses). Page 126
Puritans = member of the Anglican Church who wanted to “purify” the
church; also known as Pilgrims (example: The colonists who settled the
Mass. Bay Colony). Page 128
Quakers = Protestant reformer who believed in religious tolerance; also know
as the Society of Friends. (example: Philadelphia was founded by William
Penn who was a Quaker.) page 139
Triangular Trade Route = regular trading route that formed a triangle
between the West Indies, colonial America, England and Africa. Important:
Your picture should show the main products being transported on each
part of the route! (page 152)
Middle Passage = the forced trip between Africa and America made by
enslaved Africans page 165
Mayflower Compact = an agreement made by Puritan/ Pilgrim leaders that
ensured self-government page 130
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut = the first American constitutional or
plan for government page 135
constitution = a document presenting a plan of government page 135
proprietary colony = a colony given to an individual by the king of England
(page 139)
artisan = a person trained in a skill or labor page 152
Project # ___: Unit 3 Colonial Era Vocabulary
Score ____/ 100
Word = Definition
Name __________________________
Illustration
Core 1 2 3
Word used in a sentence.
Project # ___: Unit 3 Colonial Era Vocabulary
Score ____/ 100
Word = Definition
Name __________________________
Illustration
Core 1 2 3
Word used in a sentence.
Project # ___: Unit 3 Colonial Era Vocabulary
Score ____/ 100
Word = Definition
Name __________________________
Illustration
Core 1 2 3
Word used in a sentence.
Project # ___: Unit 3 Colonial Era Vocabulary
Score ____/ 100
Word = Definition
Name __________________________
Illustration
Core 1 2 3
Word used in a sentence.