U.S. History-Wk 1 Vocab

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Investors sharing costs to start a Colony were called...

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A joint-stock company

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Belief in individual action to enhance one's life.

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individualism

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Ability to ascend social classes through hard work.

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social mobility

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Law allowing Puritan descendants to join church

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half-way covenant

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First legislature in Colonial America for landowners

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House of Burgesses

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War between New England colonists and Native Americans

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King Phillip's War

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First permanent English settlement in North America

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Jamestown

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Religious separatists who formed Plymouth colony and sought to separate from the Church of England.

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Pilgrims

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An individual who works without pay for years in exchange for passage to the colonies.

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indentured-servant

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Early example of direct democracy in English colonies: any male church member in good standing could participate.

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Town Meetings