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The 13 Colonies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| colony | a settlement ruled by another country |
| colonist | a person who lives in a colony |
| charter | a document giving a person or group of officials approval to take a certain action |
| cash crop | a crop that people raise to sell rather than to use themselves |
| refuge | a safe place |
| Puritan | a member of the Church of England who settled in North America in order to follow Christian beliefs in a more "pure" way |
| Fundamental Orders | the first written system of government in North America; it was adopted in Connecticut |
| immigrant | a person who comes to live in a country from his or her home country |
| import | a good brought into one country from another, to be sold |
| export | a good sent from one country to another to be sold |