9/26-EPS Flashcard Terms Comparing the English Colonies

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Cash Crop

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Grown to be sold for profit

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Charter

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Document granting permission to establish a colony

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Democratic government

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Power held by the people

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Mayflower Compact

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Rules and laws for Plymouth Colony

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Mercantilism

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Economic theory: export > import

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Penal colony in North America

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Georgia

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Founded by Quakers

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Pennsylvania

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Religious haven for Catholics

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Maryland

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Salem Witch Trials Colony

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Puritans

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English Reformed Protestants, 16th-17th centuries