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Coloial Maryland
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History
4th Grade
11/12/2008

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Term
colony
Definition
a settlement under the control of another nation.
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conquer
Definition
to win or overthrown.
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grand
Definition
to give permission to settle on a piece of land.
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proprietor
Definition
the person in charge.
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official
Definition
allowed by law.
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debt
Definition
money owed
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indentured servant
Definition
a person who worked for another person for a short period of time in order to pay back debt.
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replica
Definition
a copy of something.
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silt
Definition
soil particles floating in rivers , ponds, or lakes.
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traditional
Definition
handed down from parents to children in the same as things were done in the past.
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slave
Definition
a person who is forced to work for someone else without pay.
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plantation
Definition
a large farming estate.
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gentry
Definition
the upper class.
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economy
Definition
the way people use their resources to make, sell, buy, and use goods and serves.
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compromise
Definition
an agreement reached when each side gives up part of its demands.
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tolerate
Definition
to accept.
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John Smith
Definition
He made a map of the Chesapeake Bay.
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Queen Henrietta Marie
Definition
Maryland was named after her.
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Leonard Calvert
Definition
he was the first governor of Maryland.
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Mathias de Sousa
Definition
he was an African who sailed on the Ark.
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Christopher Columbia
Definition
in 1492, he sailed for the King and Queen of Spain and found a "New World."
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Margret Brent
Definition
She asked for the right to vote in the colony.
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Jonas Green
Definition
he stared the colony's first newspaper.
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