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Unit 2: Part 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| armada | a Spanish fleet of warships (Spanish navy of the 1600s) |
| burgess | a representative in the legislature of colonial Virginia or Maryland |
| cash crop | a crop that people raise to sell rather than to use themselves |
| compact | an agreement |
| colony | a land ruled by a distant country |
| export | a product that leaves a country |
| import | a product brought into a country |
| legislature | the lawmaking branch of government |
| majority rule | making decisions by a vote of more than half of a group |
| mission | a small religious settlement |
| pilgrim | a person who makes a journey for religious reasons |
| proprietor | an owner |
| raw material | natural resource that can be used to make a product |
| self-sufficient | able to provide for one's own needs without help |
| stock | a share or part ownership in a business |
| New World | Western Hemisphere, including North and South America |
| indentured servant | someone required to work for his or her freedom, many early colonists indentured themselves for passage to the New World |
| separatist | one who advocates (promotes) separation from the establishment, especially a church |
| Puritain | a strict religious group who wanted to "purify" the Church of England |
| 3 G's | Gold, God, and Glory (the 3 reasons for exploration and settlement) |
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