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Puritan

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English Protestants who believed in strict religious discipline and the simplification of worship; settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Separatist

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Groups who wished to separate from the Anglican Church to begin their own churches

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Pilgrim

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English Puritans who sought religious freedom and founded Plymouth Colony in 1620

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Mayflower Compact

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Framework for self-government of the Plymouth Colony signed on the ship the Mayflower in 1620

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Charter

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Legal document giving certain rights to a person or company

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House of Burgesses

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Representative assembly of colonial Virginia formed in 1619

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proprietary colonies

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English colony granted to an individual or group by the Crown

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Royal Colonies

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English colony that was under direct control of the Crown

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Indentured servants

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Individual who agreed to work without wages for a period of time in exchange for transportation to the colonies

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Triangular Trade

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Three-way pattern of trade that involved England, English colonies in the Americas, and West Africa

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Middle Passage

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The forced transport of enslaved Africans from West Africa to the Americas

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Magna Carta

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English document from 1215 that limited the power of the king and provided basic rights for citizens

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Parliament

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Legislative body of a country

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English Bill of Rights

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Document signed in 1689 that guaranteed the rights of English citizens

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Habeas Corpus

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Constitutional guarantee that no one can be held in prison without charges being filed

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Salutary Neglect

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British policy in early 1700s which allowed the colonies virtual self-rule if Great Britain was gaining economically

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Mercantilism

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Economic policy under which a nation accumulates wealth by exporting more goods than it imports

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Staple Crop

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Crop/food that makes up the dominant part of a population’s diet

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Cash Crop

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Crop grown for sale

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Intolerable Acts

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American name for the Coercive Acts, which Parliament passed in 1774 to control the colonies

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Second Continental Congress

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Assembly of delegates representing every colony that met in 1775 in Philadelphia

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First Continental Congress

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Group of delegates that met in 1774 and represented all the American colonies, except Georgia

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Declaration of Independence

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Document drawn up by the Second Continental Congress that announced American independence and the reasons for it

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Natural Rights

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Universal rights, such as life and liberty that, according to philosophers, derive from nature rather than a government

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Unicameral Rights

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Lawmaking body made up of a single house

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Bicameral Rights

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Lawmaking body made up of two houses

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Articles of Confederation

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Original federal constitution drafted by the Continental Congress in 1777

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Virginia Plan

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James Madison’s proposal for a bicameral legislature with representation based upon population

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New Jersey Plan

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William Paterson’s proposal for a unicameral legislature with each state having one vote

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Great Compromise

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Compromise between the Virginia and New Jersey plans for a bicameral legislature; each state would have equal representation in the Senate and varied representation in the House of Representatives based on the state’s population

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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Compromise in which each enslaved person would be counted as three fifths of a person for the purposes of legislative representation

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Separation of Powers

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Principle that divides power among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government

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Checks and Balances

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System in which each branch of the government has the power to monitor and limit the actions of the other two

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Electoral College

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Group of people chosen from each state to indirectly elect the President and Vice President

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