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15 Cards in this Set
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Moarch |
A ruler |
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Pilgrim |
A person who makes a journey for religious regions |
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representative |
a person chosen to act on behalf of others |
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encominda |
A gift of land by kings of Spain wich gave a person control over the land the people living their |
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invester |
a person who risks money in business, hoping to earn a profit |
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drought |
a long period without rain |
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cash crop |
a crop that grows to sell,rather than to be used by the grower. |
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missinory |
a person set to a new land to spred his or her religion |
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commerce |
the buying and selling of prouducts on a large scale |
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Northwest passage |
a mithical shortct by the Antlantic to the Pacific Ocean |
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class structure |
the organization of people in a society according to wealth and power |
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mayflower compact |
an agrement made by pilgims to govern them selves and make jusy laws |
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puritan |
an early settler who left England so he or she could practice a religion freely |
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indentured servant |
a person who agrees to work for a set period of time without pay,in exchange for necessities such as transportation, food, clothing, and shelter. |
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House of Burgesses |
the first legislative body in the American colonies in Virginia, this body included representatives elected by the colony's landowners |
