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28 Cards in this Set
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Charter
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the right to organize settlements in an area, from King James |
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Joint-Stock Company
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Investors bought stock, or part ownership, in the company in return for future profits.
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Dissent
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To disagree with beliefs or practices of the Anglicans.
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Persecute
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to treat harshly
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Puritans
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The Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican church.
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Separatists
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Those who separated, or wanted to, from the Kings church.
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Proprietary Colony
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a colony in which to land owners controlled all the land and government
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Which colonies were the Proprietary Colonies?
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Delaware
Maryland Pennsylvania |
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Which were the Middle Colonies?
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New York
Delaware New Jersey Pennsylvania |
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Patroon
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wealthy land owners with riverfront estates
they ruled like kings |
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Pacifist
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People who refuse to use force or to work in wars.
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Indentured Servant
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Laborer who agreed to work without payment for a certain amount of time in return for a passage to the colonies.
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Debtors
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Those unable to pay their owed money.
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Subsistence Farming
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Little produced goods left over to sell or exchange.
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Cash crop
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Crop grown to make money.
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Triangular Trade
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a Triangular Trade Route from the West Indies, to the Colonies, to West Africa.
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Diversity
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Variety
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Tidewater
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A region of flat, low lying plains along the seacoast.
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Overseer
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Slaves bosses on the plantation
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Export
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To sell abroad.
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Apprentice
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Assistant who is assigned to learn the trade of a skilled craftsman.
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Charter Colony
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Colonies established by groups who had been given given a charter, or grant of rights and privileges.
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Smuggling
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Trading illegally with other nations.
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Backcountry
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A region of hills and forest west of tidewater.
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Mercantilism
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A nation's power depended on its wealth.
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Import
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Brought from other foreign markets.
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Middle Passage
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The most inhumane aspect of the triangular trade, shipping enslaved Africans to New England.
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Debtor
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Someone who owes money.
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