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| A legal document; gives permission to start a colony. |
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| Written in 1215: A british Document that guarantees the basic rights and freedoms for citizens. |
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| England's main lawmaking body. Has 2 houses: 1. House of Lords 2. House of Commons |
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| Crops grown and sold for a profit |
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| Respecting beliefs of others |
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| A law passed in 1694 in Maryland; allowed religious freedom for Christians. |
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| Land where people settle a town, BUT they are ruled by their "home" government. Ex. England and the 13 Colonies. |
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| Land where people settle a town, BUT they are ruled by their "home" government. Ex. England and the 13 Colonies. |
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| 1619- 1st elected representative government in the 13 Colonies (Virginia). |
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| Pilgrim men created laws to follow. They created the idea of self-government and majority rules. |
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| It is a popular or representative form of government; a democracy (whatever the most amount of people want, happens) |
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| A government ruled by a king of queen |
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| A person who sold their labor in exchange for passage to America. (someone paid for their ticket to America and now they are working for them to pay them back.) |
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| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
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| 1639- 1st plan of government in Connecticut. 1. Gave free men the right to vote. 2. Limited power of the governor. |
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| Large Southern farms, usually worked on by slaves. |
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| Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire |
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| New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. |
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| Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. |
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