Colonization Vocabulary

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Northwest Passage

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A waterway through North America

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Alliance

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An agreement between nations to aid and protect one another

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Charter

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A legal document giving certain rights to a person or company

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Burgess

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A representative to the colonial government

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Representative Government

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A political system in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them

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Persecution

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The mistreatment or punishment of a group of people because of their beliefs

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Religious tolerance

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The willingness to let others practice their own beliefs

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Quakers

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protestant reformers who believe in the equality of all people