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20 Cards in this Set
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common |
A large, grass area in the center of New England towns where animals often graze |
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meeting house |
A central building in early New England villages where town meetings and church services were often held |
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debtor |
A person who owes money |
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joint - stock compony |
a company in which many people share ownership, ensuring that no one person risks all of his or her money |
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Pilgrim |
a person who travels to a foreign land for religious reasons |
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indigo |
a plant that is used to produce a blue dye |
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proprietor |
a person who owns a property or a business |
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indentured servant |
A person who sold his or her services for a fixed period of time in exchange for passage to America |
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Puritans |
Members of the Church of England who wanted to "purify" the church and focus on worshipping God; they settled the colony of Massachusetts |
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charter |
an official document issued by a ruler giving someone the right to establish a colony on land claimed by the ruler |
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Quakers |
a peace - loving religious group that started in England and settled in Pennsylvnia |
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cash crop |
a crop that is grown to sell for money |
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Separatist |
a person who separated from the Church of England because of disagreements |
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colony |
a settlement far away from the country that rules it |
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economy |
the way a country's people use natural resources, money, and knowledge to produce goods and services |
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House of Burgesses |
the law-making body of colonial Virginia, established in Jamestown in 1619 |
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stock |
A share in a company |
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profit |
the money remaining after the costs of a business has been paid |
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malaria |
a disease caused from a bite of a certain mosquitoe |
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Mayflower Compact |
an agreement the pilgrims made before landing in New England to make and obey "just and equal laws" |
