Exploration & Colonization Vocab

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Group of people settling in a distant land but ruled by their native government.

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Colony

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Global exchange of goods and ideas from the Eastern and Western hemispheres.

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Columbian Exchange

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Large estate farmed by many workers.

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Plantation

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Agreement between nations for mutual aid and protection.

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Alliance

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Legal document granting rights to a person or company.

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Charter

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Political system where voters elect representatives to make laws.

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Representative Government

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Signed in 1215, a British document establishing that monarchs must obey laws and citizens have rights.

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Magna Carta

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Representative assembly in England:

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Parliament

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In the 1600s, English settlers sought religious freedom in the Americas.

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Pilgrims

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1620 agreement for ruling Plymouth Colony.

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Mayflower Compact