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Amer. History Vocab

TAKS Prep Review

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Mercantilsim Economic system developed to create a balance of trade.
Plantation Large farms used to raise cash crops.
Slavery The practice of holding a person in bondage for labor.
Middle Passage Voyage from Africa to the Americas that brought captured Africans into slavery - the middle leg of the triangular trade route.
Racism The belief that some races are superior to others.
Columbian Exchange The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Western and Eastern Hemispheres.
Virginia House of Burgesses The first representative assembly in the American colonies.
Mayflower Compact Pilgrims promise to obey laws created for the good of the community.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut Set of laws adopted by the Pilgrims in 1636.
Puritans Religious group who wanted to change the doctrine of the Church of England.
Pilgrims Religious group who wanted to separate themselves from the Church of England.
Quakers Pennsylvania was founded to provide a safe place where this group could practice their beliefs freely.
Proprietary Colony Colony with a single owner.
Royal Colony Colony ruled by governors appointed by a king.
Agriculture Farming
Joint Stock Company Business in which investors pool their wealth in order to turn a profit.
Charter A written contract issued by a government giving the holder the right to establish a colony.
Indentured Servant A person who sold his or her labor in exchange for passage to America.
William Penn Person who established a refuge for victims of religious persecution.
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