vocab terms
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vocab terms
cash crop : a crop grown for purpose of selling for profit not grown for personal use
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charter : a contract written by a government which gives someone the permission to establish a colony
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colonization : to take control of another area of land by sending people to live there
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columbian exchange : the exchange of plants animals and diease between the old world (europe) and the new world
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english bill of rights : protected the rights of english citizens and became the basis for the american bill of rights
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french and indian war : war between france and england over the Ohio river vally from 1754-1763
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fundamental orders of connecticut : ist written constitution america
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indentured servant : a person who sells his or her labor in exchange for passage to the Americas
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joint stock company : a business in which investors combine their money in order to make profit
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maga carta : sighned in 1215 was tje first english document that limited power of the ruler
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mayflower compact : agreement sighned in 1620 by the polgrims in plymouth to consult each other about laws for the colony and a promise to work together to make it succeed civil body politic
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mercantilism : an econimic theory that a cointrys strength is measured by the amount of gold it has that a country should sell more than it buys and that the colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country
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northwest passage : a water route from the atlantic to the pacific explorers hoped to find this to increase trade with asia
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plantation : a large farm where crops such as tea coffee cotton and sugar are grown and slave labor is used
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representative government : a system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them
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