Vocabulary Flashcards
(26 cards)
To resist or fight against authority
Rebel
Unjust treatment
Persecution
An owner
Proprietor
A system in which prices are not controlled by the government
Free-market Economy
A person who supports something
Proponent
A person who travels to a place for religious reasons
Pilgrim
A person who is chosen to act for others
Representative
A government that is run by the people
Democracy
A public sale in which something is sold to the person who offers the most money
Auction
A person who learns a skill or trade from an experienced worker
Apprentice
A member of a country
Citizen
A gathering of elected representatives for a specific purpose
Assembly
A place where a country government is located
County seat
A person from England who wanted to improve the Church of England
Puritan
A crop that is grown to be sold for profit
Cash crop
A person who agreed to work for an amount of time in exchange for the cost of housing, food, and the voyage to North America
Indentured servant
A gathering of people who live in a town to discuss issues
Town meeting
An open space in the center of a town where cattle and sheep could graze
Town common
A person who gives speeches about religious subjects
Preacher
A skilled worker who makes things by hand
Artisan
A person whose views are different from those of his or her leaders
Dissenter
To be not accepting of ideas or behaviors different from one’s own
Intolerant
To give something formally to someone
Grant
A group of people from England who wanted to separate themselves from the Church of England
Separatists
