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| colonization | the establishment of outlying settlements by a parent company |
| joint stock company | businesses in which investors pool their wealth for a common purpose |
| royal colony | a colony under direct control of the English monarch |
| indentured servant | a person who has contracted to work for another for a limited period |
| proprietor | one that is granted ownership of, and full governing rights over certain English colonies |
| Quakers | members of the Society of Friends, a religious group persecuted for its beliefs in England |
| Puritans | members of a group that wanted to eliminate all traces of Roman Catholic ritual and traditions in the Church of England. |
| slave | a person who becomes the property of others |
| Enlightenment | an intellectual movement that emphasized the use of reason and the scientific method as a way of obtaining knowledge |
| cash crop | a crop grown by a farmer for sale rather for personal use |
