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Chapter 1 and 2
people and def
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History
10th Grade
09/29/2008

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Term
Puritan
Definition
someone who wanted to purify the Anglican church during the 1500s and 1600
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Joint-stock company
Definition
form of business organization in which many investors pool funds to raise large amounts of money for large projects.
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privateer
Definition
privately owned ships licensed by the government to attack ships of other countries
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burgesses
Definition
representatives to the general assembly of the Virginia colony
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headright
Definition
system in which settlers were granted land in exchange for settling in Virginia
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proprietary colony
Definition
a colony owned by an individual
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conquistador
Definition
spanish for conqueror, the men who led the expeditions to conquer the Americas
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presidio
Definition
fort built by the spanish in the Americas
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