Colonial America Word Search
Colonial America, as a word search. 12 words drawn from the terms and ideas of a school subject sit hidden in a 15×15 letter grid, running in every direction. Drag across a word to claim it, and clear the board to finish.
Words to find: COLONIST, PILGRIM, PURITAN, SOVEREIGN, CHARTER, MERCANTILE, SLAVERY, REBELLION, INDEPENDENCE, CONSTITUTION, FRONTIER, PLANTATION.
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Colonial America word list, defined
- COLONIST /ˈkɒlənɪst/ · noun
- A person who settles in and establishes a colony in a new territory, especially one sent or permitted to settle by a colonizing power. Related: settler, pioneer, colonizer, planter.
- PILGRIM /ˈpɪlɡrɪm/ · noun
- A person who travels to a sacred or otherwise significant place, especially on a religious pilgrimage. By extension, it can refer to someone undertaking a journey of spiritual or personal significance. Related: wayfarer, traveler, sojourner, wanderer.
- PURITAN /ˈpʊərɪtən/ · noun & adjective
- A puritan is someone who is unusually strict about moral or religious behavior. As an adjective, puritan means excessively moralistic, austere, or restrictive. Related: moralist, ascetic, devout, zealot.
- SOVEREIGN /ˈsɒvrən/ (British); /ˈsɑːvrən/ (US) · adjective, noun
- As an adjective, sovereign means supreme or possessing supreme authority; it can also mean independent and free from outside control. As a noun, a sovereign is a monarch or ruler of a state, especially one whose authority is not subject to another power. Related: supreme, autonomous, independent, royal.
- CHARTER /ˈtʃɑːrtər/ · noun
- A formal document granting rights, privileges, or authority, especially one establishing an organization such as a city, university, or company; also a contract for the hire of a vehicle such as a ship or aircraft. Related: contract, agreement, license, deed.
- MERCANTILE /ˈmɜːrkəntɪl/ · adjective
- Relating to trade, commerce, or merchants. In historical contexts, the term describes economic systems and practices based on commercial exchange between regions or countries. Related: commercial, trade, business, economic.
- SLAVERY /ˈsleɪvəri/ · noun
- The practice or institution of owning and controlling people as property, especially through forced labour or captivity. It also denotes any condition in which a person is subjected to severe, involuntary control by another. Related: bondage, servitude, enslavement, captivity.
- REBELLION /rɪˈbɛl.jən/ · noun
- An act or state of open resistance to an established authority, government, or social order. It can refer to a collective uprising, a prolonged armed conflict, or more broadly to persistent defiance of authority. Related: insurrection, uprising, revolt, mutiny.
- INDEPENDENCE /ˌɪndɪˈpendəns/ · noun
- The state of being free from the control, direction, or authority of another person or institution. It may refer to personal autonomy, financial self-reliance, intellectual judgment, or a state's political sovereignty. Related: freedom, liberty, autonomy, self-determination.
- CONSTITUTION /ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃn/ · noun
- The composition or inherent nature of something, especially a person's physical or mental makeup; or the fundamental principles and laws that establish and govern a state or organization. Related: charter, composition, makeup, structure.
- FRONTIER /frʌnˈtɪər/ · noun
- The outermost boundary or border of a country or territory; more broadly, the limit of what is known, achieved, or explored in a particular field. Related: border, boundary, limit, edge.
- PLANTATION /plænˈteɪʃən/ · noun
- A large estate where crops such as sugar, tobacco, coffee, and cotton are cultivated. Historically, the term also referred to a colony or settlement established in a new region, including settlements organized around forced or enslaved labor. Related: estate, farm, colony, settlement.
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