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Puritans
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Is a religious group of protestants in England, that helped establish Mass. Bay colony
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General Court
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Are elected representatives to an assembly
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Fundamental Orders of connecticut
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A new plan wrote out by the settlers, organizing the government
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Religious Tolerance
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A willingness to let others practice their own beliefs
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Sabbath
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Is a holy day of rest, that the puritans established, in which they took very seriously
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Town Meetings
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A meeting in when the settlers discussed and voted on many issues
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Patroon
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What owners of huge estates were called
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Proprietary colony
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The king gave land to one or more people in return for a yearly payment
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Royal Colony
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Which is a colony under direct control of the English crown
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Quakers
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One of the most despised religious groups in England, they were protestant reformers
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Pennsylvanian Dutch
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Were German Speaking Protestants
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Cash Crops
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Crops that are sold for money at the market
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Mason Dixon Line
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Was a divider between Pennsylvania and Maryland, but also a boundary between the middle and southern colonies
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Act Of Toleration
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The law provided religious freedom for all christians
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Bacons Rebellion
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Was a rebel against Native Americans and the burning of Jamestown Capital
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Indigo
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A plant used to make a valuable blue dye
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Debtors
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People who owe money they cold not pay back
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Slave Codes
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Were laws that the slaves had to follow, this treated them as property and not humans
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Racism
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A belief that one race is more superior than another
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Mercantilism
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Is a theory that a nation became strong by keeping strict control over trade
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Exports
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Are goods sold out of the country
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Imports
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Are goods brought into a country
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Navigation Acts
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Acts that regulated trade between England and its colonies, the purpose of these laws, was for england to benefit from colonial trade
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Yankees
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A nickname that implied that they were clever and hardworking, these were known as merchants
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Triangular Trade
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Was a route of trade, that had three legs of trade that formed a triangle
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