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History Unit Four
this is the history vocab words for unit four
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| joint stock company | a business formed by a group of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses |
| starving time | a term referring to the winter of 1609-1610 in Jamestown when 75% of the English settlers died of starvation and disease. |
| authority | the power to enforce laws, give orders, or make decisions |
| Headright system | was started by the london company, Under this system, colonist who paid their won way to Virginia received 50 acres of land. A colonish could earn another 50 acres for every additional person brought from England |
| indentured servant | a colonist who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years |
| factor | a circumstance or fact that contributes to a result or outcome |
| Bacon's Rebellion | an attack led by Nathaniel Bacon against American Indians and the colonial government in Virginia |
| religious persecution | the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group because of their religious beliefs |
| refuge | protection or shelter from danger or hardship |
| royal colony | a colony where the English king or queen selected the governor and the council members. |
| Proprietary colony | the colonys owners chose all the officials |
| slave codes | laws passed in the colonies to control slaves |
| Toleration Act of 1649 | a Maryland law that made restricting the religious rights of Christians a crime; passed in America |
| Representative Government | a form of government in which citizens elect representatives to make decisions and laws for them |
| Middle Passage | a voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North 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, and Africa |