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Columbian Exchange : exchange of goods and culture between the Old World and New World
Mission System : a system of Catholic churches
Joint Stock Companies : business entity where stocks can be bought and owned by shareholders
House of Burgesses : first legislature in the New World
Mayflower Compact : precursor to the American Constitution
Pilgrims : early settlers of Plymouth County, fleeing King James' religious persecution
Puritans : religious sect that sought to purify the Church of England
Quakers : religious sect, first organization in history to ban slaveholding
Colonies : British colonies on the east coast of North America
Triangular Trade Route : trade that carried slaves, cash crops, and goods between West Africa, American colonies, and the European colonial powers
Indentured Servants : young people who paid for their trip to the New World in labor
French and Indian War : war between Britain and France, also called the Seven Years' War
First and Second Continental Congress : convention of colonial delegates which became the governing body of the United States
a system of Catholic churches
war between Britain and France, also called the Seven Years' War
business entity where stocks can be bought and owned by shareholders
religious sect that sought to purify the Church of England
precursor to the American Constitution
British colonies on the east coast of North America
early settlers of Plymouth County, fleeing King James' religious persecution
exchange of goods and culture between the Old World and New World
first legislature in the New World
young people who paid for their trip to the New World in labor
convention of colonial delegates which became the governing body of the United States
trade that carried slaves, cash crops, and goods between West Africa, American colonies, and the European colonial powers
religious sect, first organization in history to ban slaveholding