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26 Cards in this Set
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CHARTER
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A document issued by a government that grants specific rights to a person or company.
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Representative Government
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where voters elect people to make laws for them
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House of Burgesses
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The first representative government in the colony of Virginia
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Persecute
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To treat badly because of your religion, race, ethnicity, gender, etc.
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Pilgrim
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A person who takes a religious journey
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The Mayflower Compact
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The first document in which American colonists claimed the right to govern themselves
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Puritans
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People who were ruled very strictly by their religion. They did not allow others to practice different religions.
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Toleration
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Allowing other people the right to different opinions
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Debtor
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People who owe money or are in debt
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Legislature
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A group of people who have the power to make laws. Are elected to make laws.
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Bill of Rights
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A written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect
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Habeas Corpus
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The idea that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime
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Libel
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Publishing statements that damage a person's reputation
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Apprentice
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Someone who learns a trade by working for someone in that trade for a certain period of time
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Gentry
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The upper class of Colonial society
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Middle Class
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A group of people made up of small planters, independent farmers, and artisans (craftemen)
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Indentured Servant
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Someone who signs a contract to work from 4 to 10 years in the colonies for anyone who would pay for his or her ocean passage to America
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Triangular Trade
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A three way trade between the colonies, the islands of the Caribbean, and Africa
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Racism
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The belief that one race is superior or inferior to another
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Slave Codes
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Strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of captured Africans
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New England Colonies
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Thin, rocky soil
Long, cold winters Hard to farm |
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Name New England Colonies
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Massachusetts, Connecticutt, Rhode Island, New Hampshire
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Middle Colonies
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Very warm and humid climate
long growing season people from many different countries lived there Very divers Known as the "Breadbasket" for wheat grown |
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Name the Middle Colonies
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New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey
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Southern Colonies
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Used slaves and indentured servants on plantations
main crops: Tobacco and Rice |
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Name the Sourthern Colonies
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Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
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