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| Person who agrees to work under a contract for a specified period of time - usually 7 years- in return for transportation to the new world, food and shelter |
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| an area of new land that is settled but still ruled by a parent country. |
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| privately owned ships that were hired by countries to attack and steal ships from their enemies. |
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| The most famous "Sea Dog" or English privateer. |
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| A company funded by a group of investors who share in the companies profits and losses. Many of these companies invested in colonies in the new world. |
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| a certificate of permission by the King. |
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| The first English colony in the new world started by Sir Walter Raleigh. It failed and the settlers disappeared. |
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| The first successful English colony in Virginia |
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| a colony where the governor is appointed by the King. |
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| The first instance of self-government in the colonies located in Virginia. |
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| a rebellion against the government in Jamestown. The town was burned. |
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| a document that agreed that all the Pilgrams would support the government of the new colony. |
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| The flood of new colonists to the new England colonies. |
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| the idea that people of different religions could live together peacefully |
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| The Massachusetts authorities tried 20 men and women as witches. |
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| Metacom united Indian groups against the colonists of New England in 1675 destroying 20 towns and killing 2000 colonists. |
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| New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware |
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| a religious group headed by William Penn who settled in Pennsylvania. |
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| Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia. These colonies grew Indigo, rice, tobacco and later cotton. |
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