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| an association of individuals in a business enterprise with transferable shares of stock, much like a corporation except that stockholders are liable for the debts of the business |
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| a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey. |
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| First Legislative body in the colonies |
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| Founded for those people who owed a debt in England |
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| Large plantation farming that were self sufficient |
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| Small subsistence farms where people grew only enough for their own families |
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| Middle Colonies (specifically Baltimore) |
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| town meetings and meeting houses |
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| document that all the men signed where they agreed to choose leaders and follow the laws established |
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| original colony of the British that disappeared |
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