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Colonial Period

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covenant community   show
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show AGREEMENT written and signed by PILGRIM LEADERS before leaving the Mayflower to form a GOVERNMENT and submit to the will of the majority  
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religious freedom   show
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show UNWILLINGNESS TO GRANT EQUAL FREEDOM of expression to other religious groups, such as PURITANS in New England  
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religious tolerance   show
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immigrant   show
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show a system of government in which the PEOPLE OF A COMMUNITY have the opportunity to VOTE TO CREATE NEW LAWS  
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town meeting   show
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economic opportunity   show
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show an ENGLISH NOBLE who came to the New World and was GIVEN LAND BY THE KING  
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show a LARGE PIECE OF LAND in the New World GIVEN BY THE KING of England TO A CAVALIER  
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show POOR PEOPLE who WORKED FOR OTHERS in the New World for a number of years IN EXCHANGE FOR THE COST OF THEIR TRAVEL from Europe  
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show the company that STARTED the settlement at JAMESTOWN to seek ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY  
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Jamestown   show
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show the FIRST ELECTED ASSEMBLY in the NEW WORLD that has OPERATED CONTINUOUSLY SINCE THE 1640’S  
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show the current LAWMAKING BODY of Virginia that STARTED in the 1640’s AS THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES  
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show An economy based on SELLING CROPS grown on FARMS AND PLANTATIONS  
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France   show
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disease   show
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show the year that JAMESTOWN WAS ESTABLISHED  
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show the EUROPEAN COUNTRY from which many people CAME TO THE CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA  
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show the CONTINENT from which people were brought to the New World as SLAVES  
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England and Spain   show
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show the year the FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICANS were brought to JAMESTOWN to work on TOBACCO PLANTATIONS  
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show how societies produce, distribute, and consume of goods and services; HOW A REGION MAKES MONEY  
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free enterprise system   show
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show SEAPORTS and commercial centers in the MIDDLE ATLANTIC states  
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show a crop that could be grown in LARGE QUANTITIES on plantations and SOLD FOR A PROFIT in Europe  
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small-scale subsistence farming   show
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Puritans   show
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Anglicans   show
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show TOLERANT RELIGIOUS GROUPS that settled in the MIDDLE ATLANTIC colonies – Quakers in Pennsylvania, Jews & Huguenots in New York, and Presbyterians in New Jersey  
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show EVANGELICAL RELIGIONS that spread throughout Europe and the colonies during the “GREAT AWAKENING” in the mid-1700’s  
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show RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT DURING THE MID-1700’S led to the rapid growth of evangelical religions, challenged the established religious and governmental order, and laid social foundations for American Revolution  
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show the middle part of the Triangle Trade ROUTE WHICH BROUGHT SLAVES to the New World  
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