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early settlement
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| charter | an official document giving a giving |
| colony | for settlement far away from the country that rules it |
| cash crop | a crop grown to be sold for profit. |
| indentured servent | a person who came to America and was placed under contract to work for a period of time |
| House of Burgesses | the assembly of relatives in colonial virginia |
| Separatists | a person who seperates withdraws or seceds |
| pilgrims | a person who journeys usually long distance |
| centuries | a period of 100 years |
| plantation | an estate on which crops such as coffee sugar and tobacco are. |
| John smiths polocy | no work=no food |
| why did people move to georgia | people who owed money |
| what does debt mean | something, typically money, that is owed or due. |
| where is roanoke island | north carolina |
| where where the settlers from | england |
| why was it mysterious | the colonist that where there all dissapeared suddenly |
| important crop in jamestown | tobacco because it can be sold in england |
| what is the mayflower compact | first set of written rules |
| native that helped the pilgrims | squanto |
| where did the pilgrims land | plymouth |
| who has a higher social status puritans or pilgrims | puritans |
| toleration | willingness to let others practice their own religion |
| what where the two things that came from rhode island that went into our constitution | freedom religion, seperation of Curch and State |
| what was the old name for new york city | new amsterdam |
| who originally colntrolled new york | england |
| who faught over land in new york | english and dutch |
| who wanted to form their own church | seperatist |