13 colonies vocab

3. – A very difficult or painful experience
5. – A person who moves to a new, unfamiliar place to live and build a community
10. – A person who sailed from England to America in 1620 for religious freedom
11. – The first permanent English settlement in America, founded in 1607 in Virginia
12. – A grain grown to make bread and flour
15. Colonies – The southern group of colonies (like Virginia and Georgia)
16. – A very large farm that grew cash crops using slave labor
17. – An official document giving permission to start a colony or business

1. – A chance to do something good or improve your life
2. – A written document with the basic laws and rules for governing a country
4. Colonies – The middle group of colonies (like New York and Pennsylvania)
6. – Wood that is cut from trees and used for building
7. – A plant grown in the South and sold to make cigarettes and cigars
8. Company – A business group in England that paid for the settlement of Jamestown
9. – A person who worked for free for several years to pay for their voyage to America
13. England Colonies – The northern group of colonies (like Massachusetts and Connecticut)
14. Crop – A plant grown to sell for money
17. – A place ruled by another country far away