Ch 3 vocabulary 2010
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| expedition | a journey to learn more about the land
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| Northwest Passage | The water route that Europeans once thought crossed North America from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
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| colony | a settlement separated from, but under the control of a home country
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| raw material | a natural resource that is later changed to make a product
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| governor | the leader of a colony or a state
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| charter | a written document that gives certain rights from a government or state to a person or group of people
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| cash crop | a crop that people raise to sell rather than to use themselves.
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| export | a product sent from one country to another to be sold
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| proprietor | an owner of a land or business
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| assembly | group of people elceted to make laws and to decide how the colony's money would be spent
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| tax | money that a government collects from its citizens and is used to pay for new services
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| rebel | turn against
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| pirate | someone who robs ships at sea
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| cargo | goods carried from one place to another
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| royal colony | colony ruled by a king
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| immigrant | person who moves from one country to another
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| indentured servant | agrees to work for a colonist without pay for a number of years in exchange for travel to America
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| naval stores | tar, turpentine and other products used to waterproof ships' wooden hulls
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| plantation | large farm that specializes in growing a single cash crop
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| planters | the people who owned plantations
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| slave | a person who is treated as property of another person and made to work without pay
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| revolution | is the sudden change or overthrow of a government
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| Patriots | people favoring independence
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| Loyalists | those loyal to Britain
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| congress | a meeting where laws and decisions are made
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| Declaration of Independence | a statement telling why the colonies wanted to be free from Britain
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| constitution | a plan of government
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| Bill of Rights | a list of rights all citizens should have, such as freedom of speech and freedom of religion
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| compromise | when each side gives up some things it wants so both sides can agree
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| ratify | to accept
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