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16 Cards in this Set
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Have to work for their masters for 3-6 years |
Indentured servants |
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A crop such as tobacco,sugar, and cotton raised in large quantities and sold for profit |
Cash crops |
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An elected group of lawmakers |
Assembly |
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A system of government in which the power to govern belongs to the people |
Democracy |
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A religious group that came to Massachusetts |
Puritans |
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The business of capturing,transporting,and selling people |
Slave trade |
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An economic policy in which nations tried to gain wealth by controlling trade and establishing colonies |
Mercantilism |
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A formal document issued by the king that outlined a colony's geographic boundaries and specified how it would be governed |
Charter |
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An agreement that the pilgrims wrote and signed |
Mayflower Compact |
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A large farm owned by wealthy southern colonist |
Plantations |
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How many colonies were there? |
13 |
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The two European countries competing with this country for land in America |
Spain and France |
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What are the three regions? |
New England, Middle, and Southern |
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New England regions... |
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshiere |
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Middle colonies were... |
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware |
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Southern colonies... |
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South America, Georgia |
