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SS Vocab #3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Charter | A document issued by a government that grants special rights to a person or company |
| Representative Government | A government in which voters elect people to make laws for them |
| Pilgrims | A person who makes a religious journey;English separatistis or those who wanted to separate from the English church (Plymouth, Mass) |
| Puritans | Religious group who settled in Massachusetts and wanted to purify or reform the church of England |
| Toleration | Willingness to let others practice their own customs and beliefs |
| Town Meeting | Meeting in which citizens discuss and vote on local community issues |
| Proprietor | Man who owned a proprietary colony |
| Propriety Colony | English colony in which the king gave land to a man in exchange for a yearly payment or to pay a dept |
| Royal Colony | Colony under the control of the English King |
| Quaker | Protestant reformers who believed that all people were equal in God/s eyes and who were despised by others in england |
| Back country | a frontier region along the appalachian mountains from Pennsylvania to Georgia |
| Debtor | a person who owes money |
| Indentured servant | Person who agreed to work without pay for 7 to 10 years in exchange for passage to the colonies |
| Middle Class | In the 13 colonies, people who were skilled crafts workers and small farmers |
| Gentry | Highest social class in the colonies |
| Triangular trade | Colonial trade routes between New England, Africa, and West Indies |
| Cash crop | crop sold for money (tobacco, cotton, rice) |
| Plantation | large farming estates in the south that required many workers |
| Subsistance farming | Farming that produces enough food for the family with a small amount left to trade |
| Self sufficient | able to supply ones needs without external assistance |