Question 1

to treat someone unfairly because of their beliefs

Accepted Answer

persecution

Question 2

farm animals like cows, horses, and sheep

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livestock

Question 3

the national religion of England

Accepted Answer

Church of England

Question 4

a deep whole in the ground that reaches water

Accepted Answer

well

Question 5

a religious settlement

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mission

Question 6

a crop that is grown for profit

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cash crop

Question 7

a settlement that is far away from the country that governs it

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colony

Question 8

people who agree to work for a certain period of time in return for travel and living expenses

Accepted Answer

indentured servants

Question 9

a person who goes on a journey for religious freedom

Accepted Answer

pilgrim

Question 10

a place where ships dock to load and unload people and cargo

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port

Question 11

a group of English people who disagreed with the Church of England

Accepted Answer

Puritans

Question 12

a written agreement made among the Pilgrims before they stepped off the ship at Plymouth

Accepted Answer

Mayflower Compact

Question 13

a place where you can grind wheat and corn into flour for cooking

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mill

Question 14

able to rely only on yourself for what you need

Accepted Answer

self-sufficient

Question 15

people who wanted to break away from the Church of England

Accepted Answer

Separatists

Question 16

a written approval to start a colony

Accepted Answer

charter

Question 17

forts

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presidios

Question 18

dissent

Accepted Answer

disagreement

Question 19

the lands on the edge of New Spain

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borderlands

Question 20

large farms

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plantation

Question 21

_________________was the first English settlement in North America.

Accepted Answer

Jamestown

Question 22

Jamestown was started as a business venture by ___________________.

Accepted Answer

The Virginia Company

Question 23

Many Jamestown colonists died from _________________________.

Accepted Answer

disease and starvation

Question 24

There were ____ original colonies.

Accepted Answer

13

Question 25

______________________ was the first instance of self-government in the colonies.

Accepted Answer

The House of Burgesses

Question 26

The colonial economy depended upon the ____________________ that were available to the colonists.

Accepted Answer

natural resources

Question 27

The first colonists at Jamestown came to find ____________.

Accepted Answer

gold

Question 28

___________________________ did the same work as the first slaves.

Accepted Answer

Indentured Servants

Question 29

The ________________________ Indians helped the Pilgrims survive.

Accepted Answer

Wampanoag

Question 30

Unlike Jamestown, the Plymouth colony was founded for ____________________.

Accepted Answer

religous freedom

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