Immigrants Coming To AmericaMrs. M. Thompson

Theme: Our Country and Its People

Unit 6

immigrants

People who come to live in a country in which they were not born.

explorers

People who come to live in a country in which they were not born.

colony

Establishes the First Texas Colony Virginia Colony

Land and people ruled by another country.

revolution

When one government is overthrown to set up another.

government

A group of people in charge of ruling or managing a country or nation.

religion

Religious symbols

A religion is an organized approach to human spirituality which usually encompasses a set of narratives, symbols, beliefs and practices.

refused

To show or express unwillingness to do or comply with

moccasins

A soft leather heelless shoe or boot with the sole brought up the sides of the foot and over the toes where it is joined with a puckered seam to a U-shaped piece lying on top of the foot.

Indentured servants

A person who signs and is bound by indentures to work for another for a specified time especially in return for payment of travel expenses and maintenance

merchants

A buyer and seller of commodities or goods for profit

handsome folk art

Derived from many ethnic groups and extending over three centuries. An inclusive definition, then, of what is generally understood to be folk art in North America includes both traditional folk arts handed down from one individual to another.

climate

The average course or condition of the weather at a place usually over a period of years as exhibited by temperature, wind velocity, and precipitation.

swampy

. A wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water.