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Jamestown
Jamestown colony started as a fort then grew to protect people
Protestant Reformation
Luther attacked the churches practice of selling indulges a system by witch people paid the church group so they thought that there sins were forgiven
Goods
Basically the merchandise that the people would sell or trade to earn a profit
Colony
Colony is an area of land a settlement that is ruled by another country
Pilgrims
Pilgrims mean a person who took of for a far journey to explore new religious or other resources they could use
Puritans
We’re members of the New England Church who wanted to be purified or change their church in the 1500s and the 1600s
New England
New England is a region that includes the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut
Pilgrims
The word pilgrim means someone who moves from place to place
Mayflower Compact
The May flower was a document meant for Pilgrims to be able to sail to Plymouth
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The British join stock company that founded in in 1629
Towns Meeting
United States basically a voting assembly
Cash Crops
Cash crops are things grown in the ground that people plant and gain a lot of money by growing a certain plant
Plantations
Government owned or private own estate or farm where a single crop is grown there
Self Government
Is a form of government where the people get the be able to vote for there things
Agriculture
The cultivation or production of plants and animals for human use