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America - Pathways to the Pres
chapter 2
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History
10th Grade
09/16/2008

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indentured servant
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Person who agrees to work under a contract for a specified period of time - usually 7 years- in return for transportation to the new world, food and shelter
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colony
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an area of new land that is settled but still ruled by a parent country.
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privateers
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privately owned ships that were hired by countries to attack and steal ships from their enemies.
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Sir Francis Drake
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The most famous "Sea Dog" or English privateer.
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Joint stock company
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A company funded by a group of investors who share in the companies profits and losses. Many of these companies invested in colonies in the new world.
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charter
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a certificate of permission by the King.
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The colony of Roanoke
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The first English colony in the new world started by Sir Walter Raleigh. It failed and the settlers disappeared.
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Jamestown
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The first successful English colony in Virginia
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royal colony
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a colony where the governor is appointed by the King.
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legislature
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a lawmaking assembly
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House of Burgesses
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The first instance of self-government in the colonies located in Virginia.
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Bacon's Rebellion
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a rebellion against the government in Jamestown. The town was burned.
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Mayflower Compact
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a document that agreed that all the Pilgrams would support the government of the new colony.
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Great Migration
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The flood of new colonists to the new England colonies.
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Religious tolerance
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the idea that people of different religions could live together peacefully
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Salem witch trials
Definition
The Massachusetts authorities tried 20 men and women as witches.
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King Philips War
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Metacom united Indian groups against the colonists of New England in 1675 destroying 20 towns and killing 2000 colonists.
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Middle Colonies
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New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
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Quakers
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a religious group headed by William Penn who settled in Pennsylvania.
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Southern Colonies
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Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia. These colonies grew Indigo, rice, tobacco and later cotton.
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