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13 Colonies Vocab
13 colonies key terms
Term | Definition |
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Charter | A special paper from the king that gave permission to start a colony. |
Dissent | A disagreement. |
Expel | Forced to leave. |
Consent | A Agreement. |
Sedition | Speaking in ways that cause others to work against the government |
Frontier | Land beyond the area that are already settled. |
William Penn | Founder of PA and DE colonies |
Peter Stuyvestant | Last Dutch leader of New Netherland |
Justice | Fairness |
Trial by jury | Group of citizens decides if a person is guilty or innocent |
Proprietor | Owner |
Refuge | Safe place |
Debtor | People who have been put in prison for owing money |
Constitution | A written plan of government |
James Oglethorpe | Sent debtors to settle the colony of Georgia |
Calvert Family | Founders of the Maryland Colony |
Justly | Fairly |
Piedmont | Land between the Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains |
Backcountry | Name settlers gave the Piedmont land |