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37 Cards in this Set
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charter
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a document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area
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joint-stock company
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a company in which investors buy stock in the company in return for a share of its future profits
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burgesses
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elected representatives to an assembly
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dissent
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disagreement with or opposition to an opinion
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persecute
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to treat someone harshly because of that person’s beliefs or practices
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Separatists
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Protestants, who during the 1600s, wanted to leave the Anglican Church in order to found their own churches
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Pilgrims
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Separatists who journeyed to the colonies during the 1600s for a religious purpose
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Mayflower Compact
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a formal document, written in 1620, that provided law and order to the Plymouth colony
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toleration
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the acceptance of different beliefs
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patroon
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landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled like a king over large areas of land
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proprietary colony
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colony run by individuals or groups to whom land was granted
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pacifist
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person opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes
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indentured servant
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laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America
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constitution
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a formal plan of government
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debtor
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person or country that owes money
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tenant farmer
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farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or crops
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mission
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religious settlement
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Jamestown
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the first permanent English colony in Virginia; although many colonists died during the first few years of establishing this settlement, Jamestown prospered after the colonists learned to grow tobacco
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William Bradford
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leader of the Pilgrims who sailed to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620
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Squanto and Samoset
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Native Americans who befriended the colonists at Plymouth and taught them how to grow corn, beans, and pumpkins; they also showed the Pilgrims the best places to hunt and fish
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Great Migration
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movement of more than 15,000 Puritans who journeyed to Massachusetts to escape religious persecution and economic hardship in England
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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the first written constitution of representative government in America
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Roger Williams
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banned from Massachusetts because he believed in religious tolerance and fair treatment of Native Americans, this minister founded the town of Providence, Rhode Island
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Quakers
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a Protestant group of dissenters called the Society of Friends; they believed that each person had an "inner light" that could guide him or her toward salvation; therefore, they felt that church services and officials were unnecessary
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Manhattan Island
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purchased by the Dutch West India Company in 1626 from the Manhates people for small quantities of beads and other goods; Manhattan Island is part of present-day New York City
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Act of Toleration
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A law passed in 1649 in the colony of Maryland that granted Protestants and Catholics the right to worship freely
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Eliza Lucas
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a young Englishwoman who, in the 1740s, successfully grew and processed indigo, a blue flowering plant that was used to dye textiles
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economy
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a financial system that has to do with producing, distributing, and consuming wealth
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conflict
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disagreement or fight
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diverse
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different; dissimilar
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legal
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allowed by law
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restore
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to bring back to what something was before
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conduct
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to manage
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regulate
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to control
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role
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a part or function
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culture
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a way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs
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investigate
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to look into the facts
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