Colonization Vocabulary

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a colony that was to serve as a defense between other nations colonies

citizen army used to defend settlement

governed by a board of trustees

someone who owed more money to creditors than they had

freeman who owned his own land, usually small farms, and usually with no slaves

a steep cliff or bank

legal document that grants special rights and privileges

governor appointed by the English monarch to run a colony