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30 Cards in this Set
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Old World
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This term refers to the Eastern Hemisphere – specifically Europe. People had been living here long before the Americas were discovered.
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Jamestown
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Established in 1607 by the Virginia Company of London as a business venture, this was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
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Virginia Company of London
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This joint-stock company was created to settle in Virginia and make the King of England some money.
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Joint-stock company
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A business venture in which investors pool their wealth for a common goal.
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Colony
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A country or area under the political control of another country, usually one far away, and occupied by settlers from the home country.
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Virginia House of Burgesses
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This was the representative assembly of colonial Virginia formed in 1619. It was the first elected assembly in the world.
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Cavaliers
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This term refers to English nobility who received large land grants in eastern Virginia from the King of England.
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indentured servant
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These were often poor persons (lower class) from Europe who agreed to work on plantations for a period of time in return for their passage to the New World.
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New World
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This term refers to the land settled in North America by Europeans.
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Plantation
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This is an extremely large farm or estate where cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugar cane, etc. is cultivated, usually by resident laborers.
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Free enterprise
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This is the belief in the ownership of private property and in the right to try and make money.
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Cash crops
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These items were grown on large plantations in the Virginia and Southern colonies for export to Europe. They include tobacco, rice, and indigo.
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Subsistence farming
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This means a person grows crops in order to provide for himself, but doesn’t grow extra to sell.
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Church of England
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The national church of England, founded by King Henry VIII. It influenced the social life of the Southern colonies.
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Diverse
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This means there are a variety of different people, things, or ideas in a location.
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Seaport
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A town or city with a harbor for ships.
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Commercial center
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A place where buying and selling occurs frequently.
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Religious tolerance
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This is the acceptance that many religious exist, and the allowance of these many religions to practice freely.
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Democracy
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This refers to a form of government in which the supreme power is given to the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected officials.
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Puritans
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This group settled in New England and formed a "covenant community" based on the principles of the Mayflower Compact. They were intolerant of other religious beliefs.
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Covenant community
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This is a religious group whose members bind themselves to one another and to the group by a solemn agreement.
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Mayflower Compact
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This served as the framework for self-government of the Plymouth Colony signed on the ship the "Mayflower" in 1620.
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Persecution
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Hostility based on political or religious beliefs.
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Rhode Island
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This colony was founded by dissenters fleeing persecution by Puritans in Massachusetts.
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Dissenter
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A person whose beliefs differ from the established church’s beliefs.
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Direct Democracy
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In this form of government, people vote on laws and policies directly.
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Town meetings
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This was a form of local government in New England where members of the community would get together to discuss laws.
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Columbian Exchange
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This was the global exchange of goods and ideas between Europe, Africa, and the Americas after Columbus made his first transatlantic voyage in 1492.
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Middle Passage
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This term refers to the forced transport of enslaved Africans from West Africa to the Americas.
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Enslave
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This means to force a person into bondage.
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