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| settlements far from one's home country but ruled by the home country |
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| any member of a number of different Native American cultures |
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| the ability to resist a particular disease |
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| An early British settlement that was founded in 1587 and disappeared by 1590. Also known as the lost colony. |
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| The first permanent English settlement in North America founded in 1607 in Virginia |
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| "a group of people who wanted to change, or purify, the Church of England. Also known as Pilgrams or Separatists, they first came to New England on the Mayflower in 1620" |
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| to officially exclude someone form being a member of or participating in a group. |
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| a person who borrows money and agrees to pay off the debt by working for a specified amount of time. Many American colonists paid for their passage across the Atlantic this way. |
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| "the legislative body of Great Britain, consisting of a King or Queen, the House of Lords and the House of Commons. Other countries also have legislatures called parliaments." |
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| large tracts of land in North America that were granted to favored individuals by King Charles II in the late 17th century. |
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| "members of a religious group in England, also known as the Religious Society of Friends, who settled mainly in lands granted to William Penn in the colony of Pennsylvania." |
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| a person who believes that all disputes should be settled without violence. Example: Quakers of Pennsylvania |
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| a group of citizens that protects its area in times of conflict. |
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| an order of men associated with the Roman Catholic Church who were often involved in efforts to convert Native Americans to Christianity in colonial America |
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| the military outposts where George Washington and his men were defeated in one of the first battles of the French and Indian War |
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| The French and Indian War |
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| a conflict from 1754 - to 1763 between the French and the Native American allies against the British. This war was part of a broader European conflict known as the Seven Years War |
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| a law that attempted to prevent American colonists from moving west into Native American lands. |
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