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History Terms Review
US History 1 Class - - History Terms Review
| WORD | DEFINITION | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Oral History | The traditions passes from generation to generation by word of mouth | 8 |
| Plantation | Large farm on which crops are raised mainly for sale | 27 |
| Cash crop | Crop that is grown for sale | 27 |
| Privateer | Privately owned ship hired by a government to attack enemy ships | 43 |
| Charter | Certificate of permission given by a government | 44 |
| Joint-stock company | Company funded and run by a group of investors who share the company’s profits and losses | 44 |
| Royal colony | Colony with a governor appointed by the king | 46 |
| House of Burgesses | Virginia legislature formed in 1619 | 46 |
| Indentured Servant | Person who agrees to work for another person for a specified period of time, usually seven years, under a contract, in return for transportation, food, and shelter | 47 |
| Bacon's Rebellion | (blank) | (blank) |
| Persecute | (blank) | (blank) |
| Pilgrim | (blank) | (blank) |
| Mayflower Compact | (blank) | (blank) |
| Salem Witch trials | (blank) | (blank) |
| Pequot War & King Philip's War | (blank) | (blank) |
| Middle Colonies | English colonies of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware | 59 |
| New England Colonies | (blank) | (blank) |
| Southern Colonies | The English colonies of Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia | 62 |
| Diversity | Variety | 59 |
| Haven | A safe place | 62 |
| Quaker | Member of a Protestant group that emphasizes equality | 60 |
| Mercantilism | (blank) | (blank) |
| Balance of trade | (blank) | (blank) |
| Salutary Neglect | (blank) | (blank) |
| Duty | (blank) | (blank) |
| Staple crop | (blank) | (blank) |
| Triangular trade | (blank) | (blank) |
| Gentry | (blank) | (blank) |
| Apprentice | (blank) | (blank) |
| Self-sufficient | (blank) | (blank) |
| Middle Passage | (blank) | (blank) |
| French & Indian War | (blank) | (blank) |
| Albany Plan of Union | (blank) | (blank) |
| Militia | (blank) | (blank) |
| Siege | (blank) | (blank) |
| Treaty of Paris of 1763 | (blank) | (blank) |
| Pontiac's Rebellion | (blank) | (blank) |
| Proclamation of 1763 | (blank) | (blank) |
| Boston Massacre | (blank) | (blank) |
| Lexington and Concord | (blank) | (blank) |
| Common Sense | (blank) | (blank) |
| First Continental Congress | (blank) | (blank) |
| Second Continental Congress | (blank) | (blank) |
| Olive Branch Petition | (blank) | (blank) |
| Declaration of Independence | (blank) | (blank) |
| Natural rights | (blank) | (blank) |
| Bunker Hill | (blank) | (blank) |
| Trenton | (blank) | (blank) |
| Saratoga | (blank) | (blank) |
| Yorktown | (blank) | (blank) |
| Loyalist | (blank) | (blank) |
| Profiteering | (blank) | (blank) |
| Treaty of Paris of 1783 | (blank) | (blank) |
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