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Unit One Vocabulary Practice

  1. Cash Crop
  2. Charter
  3. Colonization
  4. Columbian Exchange
  5. English Bill of Rights
  6. First Great Awakening
  7. French and Indian War
  8. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
  9. Indentured Servant
  10. Joint-Stock Company
  11. Magna Carta
  12. Mayflower Compact
  13. Mercantilism
  14. Northwest Passage
  15. Plantation
  16. Representative Government

A.The exchange of plants, animals, and disease between the Old World (Europe) and the New World (Americas)

B. A large farm where crops such as tea, coffee, cotton, and sugar are grown and slave labor is used

C. A system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them

D. The renewal of religious faith in the 1790’s and early 1800’s

E. War between France and England over the Ohio River Valley from 1754-1763

F. A person who sells his or her labor in exchange for passage to the Americas

G. A crop grown for the purpose of selling for profit; not grown for personal use

H. To take control of another area of land by sending people to live there

I. Agreement signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth, to consult each other about laws for the colony and a promise to work together to make it succeed; “Civil body politic”

J. An economic theory that a country’s strength is measured by the amount of gold it has, that a country should sell more than it buys and that the colonies exist for the benefit of the Mother Country

K. 1st written Constitution in America

L. A contract written by a government which gives someone the permission to establish a colony

M. A business in which investors combine their money in order to make a profit

N. Signed in 1215, was the first English document that limited power of the ruler

O. A water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific; explorers hoped to find this to increase trade with Asia

P. Protected the rights of English citizens and became the basis for the American Bill of Rights.

Across

1. strength is measured wealth

3. Saved English rights

4. to take control of another area

10. sold labor for passage

13. between old and new worlds

14. grown for profit; not personal use

15. renewal of faith 1800’s

16. contract giving permission to settle

Down

2. voters elect reps.

5. 1st written Constitution

6. A water route to Asia

7. investors join to profit

8. “Civil body politic”

9. limited power of the ruler 1215

11. France vs. England

12. farm where cash crops are grown

The exchange of plants, animals, and disease between the Old World (Europe) and the New World (Americas) / War between France and England over the Ohio River Valley from 1754-1763 / Agreement signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth, to consult each other about laws for the colony and a promise to work together to make it succeed; “Civil body politic” / A business in which investors combine their money in order to make a profit
A large farm where crops such as tea, coffee, cotton, and sugar are grown and slave labor is used / A person who sells his or her labor in exchange for passage to the Americas / An economic theory that a country’s strength is measured by the amount of gold it has, that a country should sell more than it buys and that the colonies exist for the benefit of the Mother Country / Signed in 1215, was the first English document that limited power of the ruler
A system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them / A crop grown for the purpose of selling for profit; not grown for personal use / 1st written Constitution in America / A water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific; explorers hoped to find this to increase trade with Asia
The renewal of religious faith in the 1790’s and early 1800’s / To take control of another area of land by sending people to live there / A contract written by a government which gives someone the permission to establish a colony / Protected the rights of English citizens and became the basis for the American Bill of Rights.

1. English Bill of Rights

2. French and Indian War

3. Mayflower Compact

4. First Great Awakening

5. Plantation

6. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

7. Cash Crop

8. Magna Carta

9. Representative Government

10. Mercantilism

11. Indentured Servant

12. Northwest Passage

13. Joint Stock Company

14. Colonization

15. Charter

16. Columbian Exchange