Colonial America

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The Mayflower Compact showed that the Pilgrims were

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aware of the need to make their own government

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A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.

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colony

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Why did most settlers come to America?

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for land and opportunities

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The main reason the Pilgrims came to the New World

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Religious freedom

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Representative assembly in colonial Virginia; the first form of representative government in the 13 colonies

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Virginia House of Burgesses

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Which colonial region was known for its large-scale farming and reliance on slave labor?

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Southern Colonies

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This was a colony that was largely self-governing with little interference from England.

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Charter Colony

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A colony under the direct control of a monarch

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Royal Colony

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farm crop raised to be sold for money

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cash crop

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An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought

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Mercantilism