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9 Cards in this Set
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Charter |
A document that grants the right to create a settlement in a particular area
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Colony |
A group of people who settle in a distant land but are still ruled by the government of their native land |
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House of Burgesses |
This was the first representative government in the New World |
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Mayflower Compact |
A 1620 agreement for ruling the Plymouth Colony |
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Cash Crop |
Crops that could easily be sold in markets in the colonies and overseas |
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The Northwest Passage |
Eager to find a water route through or around North America, Europeans sent explorers in search of this... |
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Triangular Trade |
The three part route across the Atlantic to trade rum, manufactured goods, and slaves |
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Magna Carter |
Signed in 1215 by King John of England, first time limits were ever put on the power of a King |
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Slave Codes |
rules that governed the behavior and punishment of enslaved people |
