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13 Cards in this Set
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Northwest Passage
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a water route which many Europeans in the 1500s believed connected the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
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merchant company
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a group of business people who shared the costs of a trading voyage
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ally
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a political and military partner
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coureurs de bois
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literally "runners of the woods," hunters and trappers
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import
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to bring in goods from another country for sale or use
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export
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to send goods to another country
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voyageur
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trappers who received permits to trap from the French government
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charter
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an official document that grants its holder special rights
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cash crop
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a crop grown to be sold for a profit
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indentured servant
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someone who promised to pay back the travel expenses to the New World by working five to seven years on a plantation
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House of Burgesses
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a colonial assembly allowed to make laws for the colony
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pilgrim
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someone who travels to a special place for religious reasons
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sachem
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a Native American leader
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