Vocabulary Word Definition Illustration

1. Cash CropCrop grown to be sold for

money rather than personal use

2. Indentured Servant

Person who is under contract to work for another for a specified time in return for payment of

travel expenses

3. Burgess An elected representative of a town (burg)

4. Representative Government

Elected officials represent the interests of the voters

5. Self-Government Control of a country by its own members

6. Persecute To subject to cruel or unjust treatment

7. SeparatistEnglish Protestant who

wanted to separate from the Church of England

8. Compact Agreement between people or groups

9. Majority Rule

Political system in which the group with more than half of the members has

the power to make decisions

10. PuritanEnglish Protestant that

wanted to purify (reform) the Church of England

Illustration Definition Vocabulary Word

Moving from one country or place to live or work in

another11. Migration

Document that describes the system of laws by

which a country is governed

12. Constitution

Religion that is officially supported by

the government13. Established Church

Principle that the government has no right to

establish (promote) any one religion

14. Separation of Church and State

Place that provides shelter or protection 15. Refuge

Christian religious group whose members dress simply and have meetings without any special ceremony or priests

16. Quaker

Someone who believes that war and violence are

wrong17. Pacifist

Person who wants to stop or abolish slavery 18. Abolitionist

To allow something you don’t necessarily agree

with to happen19. Tolerate (Toleration)

A person that owes money 20. Debtor