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History vocab
Vacab
World | Definition |
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Colonist | A member that settle in a new country or region |
Pilgrims | one who journeys in foreign lands |
charter | a formal document describing the rights, aims, or principles of an organization or group of people. |
Indigenous | any group of people native to a specific region. |
Governor | an official elected or appointed to act as ruler, chief executive, or nominal head of a political unit. |
Indentured servant | a form of labor where an individual is under contract to work without a salary to repay an indenture or loan within a certain timeframe. |
constitution | a set of rules that guides how a country, state, or other political organization works. |
New England Colonies | the settlements established by English religious dissenters along the coast of the north-east of North America between 1620-1640 CE. |
Middle Colonies | made up of the colonies of New York, Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. |
Southern colonies | Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. |
Puritan | person who adheres to strict moral or religious principles, esp one opposed to luxury and sensual enjoyment. |
Quaker | Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends |
Plantation | a place that is planted or under cultivation |