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Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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To resist or fight against authority

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Rebel

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2
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Unjust treatment

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Persecution

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3
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An owner

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Proprietor

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A system in which prices are not controlled by the government

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Free-market Economy

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5
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A person who supports something

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Proponent

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6
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A person who travels to a place for religious reasons

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Pilgrim

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A person who is chosen to act for others

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Representative

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A government that is run by the people

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Democracy

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A public sale in which something is sold to the person who offers the most money

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Auction

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10
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A person who learns a skill or trade from an experienced worker

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Apprentice

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11
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A member of a country

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Citizen

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A gathering of elected representatives for a specific purpose

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Assembly

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13
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A place where a country government is located

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County seat

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14
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A person from England who wanted to improve the Church of England

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Puritan

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15
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A crop that is grown to be sold for profit

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Cash crop

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16
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A person who agreed to work for an amount of time in exchange for the cost of housing, food, and the voyage to North America

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Indentured servant

17
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A gathering of people who live in a town to discuss issues

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Town meeting

18
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An open space in the center of a town where cattle and sheep could graze

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Town common

19
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A person who gives speeches about religious subjects

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Preacher

20
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A skilled worker who makes things by hand

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Artisan

21
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A person whose views are different from those of his or her leaders

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Dissenter

22
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To be not accepting of ideas or behaviors different from one’s own

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Intolerant

23
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To give something formally to someone

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Grant

24
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A group of people from England who wanted to separate themselves from the Church of England

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Separatists

25
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A large farm with many workers who lived on the land they worked

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Plantation

26
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Having the ability to produce mostly everything that one needs

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Self-sufficient

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