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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

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