The Colonies Vocab

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A business formed by a group making joint investments and sharing profits/losses.

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Joint-Stock Company

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Colonist who received free passage to North America in exchange for years of unpaid work.

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Indentured Servant

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System in Virginia granting 50 acres to colonists who paid their own way from Europe.

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Headright System

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Owner of a business or property

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Proprietor

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Laws in colonies to control slaves

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Slave Codes

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Protestants who reformed the Church of England

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Puritans

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Method of making rules in a community by selecting a leader to represent your part.

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Representative Government

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Belief allowing various religions to worship in a community.

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Religious Tolerance

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Member of a Puritan group that left England in the early 1600s to settle in America.

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Pilgrims

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Document by Pilgrims establishing community rules.

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Mayflower Compact