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charter
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a document issued by the government that grants specific rights to a person or government.
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John smith
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sent out to lead the colony
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Representitive government
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the form of government in which voters elect people to make laws for them.
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pilgram
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a person who takes a religious journey.
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squanto
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native americans who brought the pilgram seed out of native plants.
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what beneifits did england hope to get from the establishing colony?
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they hoped to get new markets for there products and important raw materials they could use.
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why did the settlers at jamestown have difficulties at first?
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because they were near a swampy area and the people got a lot of diseases from all the bugs the people werent going to do the farmwork.
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what were the reaponsibilities of the house of burgesses?
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there responsibilities were to make laws and have the people pay taxes.
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Why was the mayflower compact important?
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it was important because it made sure that the government would be run and done fairly.
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How did the government of the jamestown settlers differ from that of the plymoth settlers?
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the plymoth settlers govern themselves but the jamestown represetitves had a representitive government.
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