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Unit 4 Flashcards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| refuge | a safe place |
| religious persecution | mistreatment of a person because of their religious beliefs. |
| authority | power or right to rule. |
| factor | cause |
| Representative Government | a government in which citizens are elected to do the work of the government for the larger group. |
| Toleration Act of 1649 | A bill that made it a crime to restrict the religious rights of Christians. |
| Headright Sytem | Colonists paid their own way to virginia and received 50 acres of land. Also, get an additional 50 acres for anyone else brought over including family or servants. |
| Bacons Rebellion | An attack led by Nathaniel Bacon against American Indians and the colonial government in Virginia. |
| Indentured Servant | a colonist who received free passage to N. America in exchange for working without pay for certain number of years. |
| Starving Time | a time when a lot of people died by disease and famine. |
| Joint-Stock Company | a business formed by a group of people who jointly make an investment and share the profits and losses. |
| Middle Passage | a voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to N. America and the West Indies. |
| African Diaspora | the population of displaced Africans and their descendants around the world. |
| Triangular Trade | trading networks in which goods and slaves moved among England, the American colonies, Africa. |
| Slave Codes | laws passed in the colonies to control slaves. |
| Royal Colony | Colony owned by a king or queen. |
| Proprietary Colony | where the owners controlled the Government |