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(5th)Social Studies
(5th) Social Studies-Ch.5-Vocabulary-The Struggle to Found Colonies
Term | Definition |
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Charter | Official document giving a person or group permission to do something |
Stock | Share in a company |
Cash Crop | Crop grown to be sold for profit |
Indentured Servant | Person who agreed to work for someone for a certain mount of time in exchange for the cost of the voyage to North America |
House of Burgesses | Lawmaking assembly in colonial Virginia |
Northwest Passage | Water route that explorers hoped would flow through North America, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans |
Pilgrim | Person who travels to a new place for religious reasons |
Separatist | Group of people from England who wanted to separate themselves from the church of England. Some traveled to North America in search of religious freedom. |
Persecution | Unjust treatment because of one's beliefs |
Mayflower Compact | Plan of government written by the pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower |
Puritan | Group of people who wanted to purify the Church of England. They established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. |
Dissenter | Person whose views differ from those of his or her leaders. |
Proprietor | Owner |
Debtor | Person who owes money |