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Chapter 3

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Word, Term, Person
Definition
impose   to place a burden upon  
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sustain   to support; to keep going  
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specify   to point out in detail  
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restrict   to place limitations on something  
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fundamental   most important part  
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accumulate   to increase in amount over time  
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proprietor   owner of a business or a colony  
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contrast   difference shown between things when compared  
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function   purpose; proper use  
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convert   to change from one religion to another  
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charter   a document issued by a government that grants specific rights to a person or company  
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John Smith   leader of the Jamestown colony  
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representative government   voters elected by people to make laws for them  
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pilgrim   person who makes a religious journey  
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Squanto   Native American who helped Pilgrims  
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John Winthrop   leader of the Puitans  
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toleration   recognition that other people have the right to different opinions  
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Roger Williams   Puritan minister who founded Rhode Island  
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Anne Hutchinson   Puritan woman who questioned some Puritan teachings  
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Thomas Hooker   Puritan minister who founded Connecticut  
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John Wheelwright   Forced to leave Massachusetts  
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town meeting   an assembly of townspeople that decides local issues  
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Metacom   chief of the Wampanoag Indians  
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proprietory colony   a colony created by a grant of land from a monarch to a person or family  
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royal colony   colony controlled directly by the English king  
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William Penn   Quaker proprietor of colony of Pennsylvania  
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backcountry   frontier region extending through several colonies  
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Nathaniel Bacon   Virginian who led a frontier rebellion  
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Lord Baltimore   Catholic proprietor and founder of Maryland  
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James Oglethorpe   Founder of Georgia  
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debtors   people who owe money  
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plantation   large farm  
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borderlands   land along the frontier  
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Junipero Serra   Spanish missionary who established missions  
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presidios   military posts  
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pueblos   civilian towns  
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