The British Colonies of America

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This colony was started to find gold in the new world

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Jamestown

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This colony was started by religious dissenters

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Plymouth

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This a royal permission to start a company

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Charter

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The system where bringing new colonists would grant a master new land

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Headright

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The Pilgrims who traveled to Plymouth were known for creating the first document of self government in the colonies. What is the name of their document?

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Mayflower compact

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This document stated that colonists would be loyal to the English king, but would create their own set of laws.

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Mayflower Compact

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This was the first colonial legislative body in the new world

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House of Burgesses

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This was a right that colonists did not have if they did not own land.

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Voting

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This early document from the 1200's gave the English people their first due process.

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The Magna Carta

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This is a process of selling yourself to a company to pay your way to the new world

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Indentured servitude