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SS Vocab Quiz 12/14/09
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History
7th Grade
12/11/2009

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Term
Charter
Definition
A document that gives a person or group of people the right settle in the new world. (Permission to settle)
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Representative Government
Definition
A form of government in which voters elect people to make laws for them.
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Pilgrim
Definition
A person who takes a religious journey.
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Toleration
Definition
The recognition that other people have the right to different opinions.
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Town Meeting
Definition
An assembly of townspeople that decides local issues.
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Corporate Colony
Definition
A colony that is owned and run by a corporation.
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Propreietary Colony
Definition
A colony owned by a sngle person for family.
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Royal Colony
Definition
A colony controlled directly by the English king.
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Backcountry
Definition
A frontier region extending through several colonies from Pennsylvania to Georgia.
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Debtor
Definition
People who owe money.
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Plantation
Definition
Large Farm
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Borderland
Definition
Lands along the frontier
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Presidio
Definition
fort
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Pueblos
Definition
village or town
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Impose
Definition
to place a burden on something or someone
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Sustain
Definition
to support or keep going
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Specify
Definition
To point out in detail
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Resrict
Definition
To place limitations on something or someone.
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Fundamental
Definition
Most important part
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Accumulate
Definition
To increase in amount over time.
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Proprietor
Definition
Owner of a business or a colony
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Contrast
Definition
Difference shown between things when compared
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Function
Definition
Purpose proper use
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Convert
Definition
To change form one religion to another.
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