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social studies 10/23
vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Charter | a document that permitted colonists to settle on land claimed by their ruler |
Stock | a profit of a job |
Crash Crop | a crop grown for profit |
House of Burgesses | the first law making assembly in an English Colony |
Indentured servants | agreed to work for someone for a certain amount of time in exchange for the cost of the Ocean Voyage to North America |
Northwest Passage | a water way connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
Pilgrim | came in search of religious freedom |
Separatist | they wanted to separate from the Church of England |
Pursecution | unjust treatment because of their beliefs |
Mayflower Compact | A plan of the government |
Puritan | A group that sailed from England to North America in search of religious freedom |