Social Studies: Colonies Flashcards
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cash crops
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crops grown in large quantities to earn money
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royal charter
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Permission by the king or queen for a person or group to establish a colony.
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indentured servant
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A person who agrees to work for a master for 3-5 years in return for passage to the new world.
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Puritans
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Religious people who want to purify the English church of all Catholic teachings.
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John Peter Zenger
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Man who fought and won the Freedom of the Press case.
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Blue Laws
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Strict laws governing how a person should act on the Sabbath.
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bread basket
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A word used to describe the Middle Colonies because of their grain growing capability.
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plantation
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large farm found primarily in the south
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stocks
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large apparatus used to humiliate and punish criminals
