13 Colonies Vocab

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Monopoly

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A company or group having control of all or nearly all of a business

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Mayflower Compact

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A document signed by the settlers agreeing to self-rule

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House of Burgesses

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Representative assembly in colonial Virginia

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Pilgrim

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A person who takes a religious journey

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Religious toleration

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Recognition that others have rights to opinions and different religious beliefs

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Town meetings

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Settlers vote on and discuss issues

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Debtors

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A person who cannot pay his/her debts

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Mercantilism

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The king gave land for the colony to own for money

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Plantation

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Large estate with many workers, mostly African-American slaves

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Legislative

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A part of the government that makes the laws