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Vocabulary Word Definition Illustration
1. MercantilismEconomic system in which a
colony’s trade is regulated to enrich the home country
2. Joint Stock Company
A company which has the capital (wealth) of its members pooled in a
common fund
3. Cash Crop A crop grown by a farmer to be sold for money rather than personal use
4. CharterOfficial document giving an
individual or a company the right to found a colony
5. Starving TimeWinter of 1609-1610 in Jamestown in which all but 60 of 500 colonists
died
6. House of Burgesses 1st representative government in the American colonies
7. Representative Government
Elected officials represent the interests of the voters
8. Persecute To subject to cruel or unjust treatment
9. SeparatistsEnglish Protestants who wanted to break away or separate from the
Church of England
10. Mayflower Compact
Agreement signed by the men on the Mayflower to create and obey laws
for the good of the colony
Illustration Definition Vocabulary Word
English Protestants that wanted to reform or purify the practices of the
Church of England11. Puritans
Set of laws created by the Puritans that settled Connecticut; expanded idea of representative government
12. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Political system in which the group with more than half of the members
has the power to make decisions13. Majority Rule
Principle that the government has no right to promote or establish any
particular religion
14. Separation of Church and State
Government policy of permitting forms of religious belief and worship
not officially established
15. Religious Toleration
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