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Topic 2 Lesson 2
The First French, Dutch, and English Colonies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Northwest Passage | A waterway through or around North America |
| Coureurs de Bois | A french call who lived in the lands beyond french settlements as a fur trader |
| Alliance | An agreement between nations to aid and protect one another |
| Charter | A legal document, giving certain rights to a person or company. |
| Burgess | A representative to the colonial Government of Virginia. |
| Representative government | A political system in which voters elect representatives make laws for them |
| Bacon's rebellion. | A 1676 revolt of Virginia colonists against the Colony's government. |
| Pioneer | Someone who is one of the first people to move and live in a new area. |
| Signify | v., to indicate, or be a sign of |