Vocab Ch 4 cl Word Scramble
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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 | |
Authority | The power to enforce laws, give orders, or make decisions |
Headright System | A system started by the London Company, in which colonists who paid their own way to Virginia received 50 acres of land. A colonist could earn another 50 acres for every additional person brought from England. |
Indentured Servant | Servants that signed a contract to work for four to seven years for those who paid for their journey to America |
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 that exists under the authority of a governor chosen by the king |
Proprietary Colony | They chose all of these 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; the first law guaranteeing religious freedom to be 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 |
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