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| Puritans | A group of Protestants who did not want to separate from the Church of England, but did want to purify the Protestant religion by introducing simpler forms of worship and eliminating Catholic elements. |
| Great Migration | The mass movement of Puritans from England to Massachusetts Bay between 1629 and 1640. |
| Quakers | Protestant reformers who believed that all people -- men and women -- were equal, including Native Americans. |
| Pennsylvania Dutch | German-speaking Protestants who arrived in Pennyslvania in the 18th century. |
| Proprietary colony | A colony owned by one or more people, given to them by a king. |
| Proprietors | owners of a proprietary colony. |
| Royal colony | A colony under the control of a monarch [king or queen]. |
| Cash crop | Crops that were sold for money |
| Debtor | Peope who owed money that they could not pay back. |
| Slave Code | Laws passed throughout the American colonies that limited the behavior of slaves and denied slaves their basic rights. |
| Mercantilism | An economic policy in which the "mother country" trades with her colonies in order to establish a favorable balance of trade. |
| Favorable Balance of Trade | Established when a country exports more than it imports. |
| Import | A good brought into a country to sell in domestic markets.. |
| Export | A good shipped out of a country to sell in foreign markets. |
| Trans-Atlantic Trade | A trade route that connected the Americas with Africa and Europe. |
| Charter | A legal document granting permission to a person or company to settle lands in North America. |
| Virginia Company | Also known as the London Company, a joint-stock company that financed settlement in Virginia. |
| Joint Stock Company | A group of people in business together, which often controlled and promoted settlement in the "New World." |
