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U.S History Semester Exam
U.S History Semester Exam Study Cards
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History
10th Grade
01/16/2011

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Headright System
Definition
If a person paid for a laborer's fare to the colony, he could recieve 50 acers of free land
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Joint Stock Company
Definition
Short-term partnership between several investors to fund a settlement
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Indentured Servent
Definition
A worker under a contract for a specified period of time, usually four to seven years
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John Winthrop
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Founder of Massachusetts Bay Colony
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John Smith
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Founder of Jamestown and first governor of Jamestown
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Becon's Rebellion
Definition
Uprising of Virginia back-country farmers and indentured servants against the planter elite
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Mercantilism
Definition
An econmic theory that closely links a nations resources to it's power
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Navigation Acts
Definition
A series of laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England and America
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Stamp Act
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Puts a tax on paper products
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Emancipation
Definition
Freedom from enslavement
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