Period 2 Flashcards
1
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Charter
A
Granting authority that recognizes the right of the recipient.
2
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Corporate Colony
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A colony that is given a charter.
3
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Royal Colony
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A colony governed by the “crown” through a governor and council.
4
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Joint-Stock Corporation
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A business that shares company’s stock.
5
Q
Jamestown
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The first English settlement in North America, founded in 1y07 in Virginia.
6
Q
House of Burgesses
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The lower house of the colonial Virginia legislature.
7
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Opechancanough
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A tribal chief within the Powhatan Confederacy.
8
Q
Lord Baltimore
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1649, the English colony of Maryland issued a law by Cecilius Calvert.
9
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Freeholds
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Permanent owning of land with freedom to rid of it whenever you please.
10
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Head rights System
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A grant of land given to settlers in the 13 colonies.
