1st 9 weeks
A process of establishing a community in a distant location supported by another country.
The 13 colonies were England’s attempt to begin colonization in North America.
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A new community created as people come to a new area and build homes and businesses.
The process where countries capture or take control of other lands around the world.
A group of investors that give money to a project in order to make a profit.
An agreement made between investor and colonist on the way the colony will operate.
A colony owned by one person.
William Penn owned Pennsylvania so he was the proprietor.
The mother country makes a profit from her colonies’ businesses.
Anyone who comes from far away.
A person that promises service to a family or individual in return for passage to the New World.
Having a lot of variety
A very large farm usually worked by slaves in the south.
A time when colonists began to participate again in religious meetings; a shared colonial experience.
A person who works with an expert for a period of time to learn a trade.
A religious group that believed in a pure relationship with God.