Colonies Vocabulary

2. A formal agreement between individuals or groups.
4. A widespread outbreak of disease.
5. American colonists who favored American Independence.
7. A group of ordinary citizens trained to fight in emergencies.
10. Crops grown to sell for profit, such as tobacco or cotton.
12. A young person learning a trade from a skilled craftsperson.
14. An official document granting rights to establish a colony.
15. The ability of a community to make its own laws and decisions.
16. An American colonist who remained loyal to Britain. Opposed the war for independence.

1. An economic system where colonies exist to benefit the mother country.
3. A change, correction, or improvement added to a document.
6. Court Order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person.
8. A territory settled and controlled by a distant country.
9. Mistreatment or punishment because of one's beliefs.
11. English Protestants who wanted to “purify” the Church of England and founded Massachusetts Bay Colony.
13. Open defiance of Authority.