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USVA Unit 1
Early America: Settlement & Colonization
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Puritans | a group of English protestants in the late 16th & 17th centuries who sought religious freedom. Settled in the New England region of the colonies. |
| Covenant | a promise to engage in an action, or to simply have an aggreement. |
| Direct Democracy | a form of government in which the people have a direct influence on how laws and policies are decided |
| Indentured Servants | a person who signs and is bound to work for another person for a specified time especially if they owe that person payment |
| Mercantile | an economic system in which the government encouraged trade as a means to generate wealth for the country |
| Lumbering | cutting down trees and preparing wood to be traded |
| Subsistence Farming | growing crops and raising livestock, but only for that person/family to use and not for trade |
| Prosper | to be successful in terms of finances |
| Chattel | an English law for any property that can be movable, such as leases, animals, or in historical terms, slavery |
| Institutions | a society or organization for a religious, educational, and social group |
| Dissenters | People who go against something, such as Puritan actions towards the Church of England |
| Artisans | a worker that manufactures with the intent of trade |
| Denominations | different branches of an institution that unite under a single, larger concept, such as Christianity |
| Evangelical | a person or institution that has the intent of spreading ideas to gain followers, such as Christianity |
| Plantation | a large farm with the intent to produce cash crops |
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