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Early Colony Vocab
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Precedent | An earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances |
| Charter | A written grant by a country's legislative or sovereign power, by which a body such as a company, college, or city is founded and its rights and privileges are defined |
| Tobbaco | The plant of the nightshade family which yields to tobacco |
| Setttlement | A place, typically one that has hitherto been uninhabited, where people establish a community |
| Assembly | The action of gathering together as a group for a common purpose |
| Persecution | hostility and ill treatment |
| Pilgrim | A member of a group of English Puritans fleeing religious persecution who sailed in the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620 |
| Cash Crop | A crop produced for it's commercial value rather than for use by the grower |
| Quaker | A member of the religious Society of Friends, a Christian movement founded by George Fox c. 1650 and devoted to peaceful principles |
| Proprietary Colony | A colony granted to some individual or individuals with the fullest prerogatives of government |
| Royal Colony | A colony governed directly by the crown through a governor and council appointed by it |
| Joint Stock Company | A company or association consisting of individuals organized to conduct a business for gain and having a joint stock of capital represented by shares owned individually by the members and transferrable without the consent of the group |
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