Colonial America Vocabulary Flash Cards

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Plantation

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A large farm

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Cash crop

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A crop that people grow to sell

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Pilgrim

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A person who makes a journey for religious reasons

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Self-government

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A system of government in which people make their own laws

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Compact

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An agreement

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Indentured servant

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A person who agreed to work for another person without pay for 5-7 years in exchange for passage to North America

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House of Burgesses

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A representative government with a legislative body