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Chapter 3/4
Chapter 3 section 4-5 and 4 section 1
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Social Studies
8th Grade
10/09/2011

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join-stock company
Definition
where people can buy a share of a company
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charter
Definition
a legal document giving certain rights to a person or company
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plantation
Definition
– land that produces one cash crop
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indentured servant
Definition
people who promised to work the land for 7 yrs in turn for a ride to the new world.
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burgesses
Definition
representations to to the government
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royal colony
Definition
colony under the direct control of the english crown
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Definition
– a 1639 plan of government in the Puritan colony in Connecticut; expanded the idea of representation government in the English colonies
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Mayflower Compact
Definition
a 1620 agreement for ruling the Plymouth Colony; signed by Pilgrims, before they landed at Plymouth
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Thanksgiving –
Definition
day at the end of the harvest season set aside by the Pilgrims to give thanks to God
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