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18 Cards in this Set
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Charter
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An official paper that gives a person or business certain rights
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Treaty
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A formal agreement
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Privelege
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A right
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Religious Society of Friends
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A group whose members are called Quakers
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Charter of 1681
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The official paper from King Charles II to William Penn giving Penn land in America where he could start a colony.
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First Frame of Government
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Pennsylvania's first constitution, written by William Penn in 1682, which established complete freedom of religion in the colony and a right to a trial by jury.
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Great Law
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A law written by William Penn and passed by the first Pennsylvania legislature in 1682, giving colonist a voice in their government.
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The Treaty of Shackamaxon
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A treaty between William Penn and the Lenape that set up a transfer of land and symbolized the beginning of a friendship between the Quakers and the Native Americans that continued for almost???
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Quaker
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A member of a group of religious people who live simple lives, speak and dress plainly, and believe in peach and equality for all people and do not believe in war.
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Charter of Priveleges
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A document written by William Penn in 1701 that gave the General Assembly the right to propose new laws for the colony.
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Abolition
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The end of slavery
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Indentured Servants
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A person who agrees to work for someone for about five years without pay in exchange for a voyage overseas, food, shelter, and clothing.
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Middle Passage
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The route across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Frontier
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The farthest edge of a settlement, where the wilderness begins.
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Purchase
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To buy.
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Squatter
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Someone who lives on land that belong to another.
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Custom
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An accepted way of doing things.
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Conestoga Wagon
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A wagon that can be floated across rivers and was used by many settlers and traders.
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