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11 Cards in this Set
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indentured servant |
a colonist who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years |
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puritans |
Protestants who wanted to reform the Church of England |
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pilgrims |
a member of a Puritan Separatist sect that left England in the early 1600s to settle in the Americas |
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immigrants |
a person who moves to another country after leaving his or hers homeland |
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Staple crops |
a crop that is continuously in demand. STORE WELL |
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cash crops |
a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower. grown in the south |
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english bill of rights |
a shift of political power from the British monarchy to Parliament. limits the power of the kingl |
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toleration |
the practice of tolerating something, in particular differences of opinion or behavior. The Puritans wanted to be tolerated. tolerate religion |
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great awakening |
a religious movement that became widespread in the American colonies in the 1730s and the 1740s |
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enlightment |
the Age of Reason; movement that began in Europe in the 1700s as people began examining the natural world, society, and government |
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mayflower compact |
a document written by the pilgrims establishing themselves as a political society and setting guidelines for self government |
