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history midterm
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| export | to sell goods abroad |
| principal | most important |
| surplus | excess, left over |
| tidewater | religion of flat low lying plains along the seacoast |
| backcountry | a region of hills west of the Tidewater |
| overseer | person who supervises a large operation or its workers |
| slave code | laws passed in southern states that controlled enslaved people |
| successor | one who follows another in order |
| import | to buy goods from foreign markets |
| charter colony | colony established by a group of settlers who had been given a formal document allowing them to settle |
| proprietary colony | colony run by individuals or groups to whom land was granted |
| royal colony | colony run by a governor and a council appointed by the king and queen |
| design | a plan or course of action |
| militia | a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies |
| prospect | -chance for success; outlook |
| archaeology | the study of the past based on what people left behind |
| artifacts | an object created and used by humans |
| nomad | a person who moves from place to place in search of food or grazing land |
| migration | a movement of a large number of people into a new homeland |
| source | a supply |
| maize | an early form of corn grown by Native Americans |
| carbon dating | a scientific method used to determine the age of an artifact |
| culture | the knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values of a group of people |
| civilization | a highly developed culture, usually with organized religious and laws |
| charter | a document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area |
| joint-stock company | a company in which investors buy stock in the company in return for share of its future profit |
| expand | to increase in size or scope |
| headright | a 50 acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way |
| burgesses | elected representatives to an assembly |
| dissent | disagreement or opposition to an opinion |
| puritan | protestants who, during the 1600s, wanted to reform the Anglican church |
| pilgrim | separatist who journeyed to the colonies during the 1600s for religious purpose |
| mayflower compact | a formal document written in 1620, that provided law and order to the Plymouth colony |
| policy | plan of action |
| ethnic | pertaining a group sharing a common culture |
| pacifist | person opposed to the use of war of violence to settle disputes |
| function | operate |
| indentured servant | laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America |
| estate | property, land |
| debtor | Person or country that owes money |
| mission | Religious settlements |
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