the right to orgnaize settlements in an area

a company where investors bought stock, or part ownership, in the company in return for a share of its future profits

the elected representatives of a colony to an assembly who had the right to make local laws for the colony

disagreed with the beliefs or practices fo the Protestant Anglican Church (Anglicans)

The Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church

Those who wanted to leave and found their own churches

What the Separatists considered themselves to be because their journey had a religious purpose

The formal document that the Pilgrims drew up in order to provide order in their new colony. This compact pledged their loyalty to Englandand declared their intention of forming "a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation."

Official recognition of the rights of individuals and groups to hold dissenting opinions, especially on religion.

The wealthy landowners who acquired the riverfront estates that were given to anyone who brought at least 50 settlers to work the land.

A colony in which teh owner, or proprietor, woned all the land and controlled the government.

people who refuse to use force or to fight in wars. (Quakers)

People who in return for the payment of their passage to America agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time.

A plan of government that covered subjects such as land distribution and social ranking.

Those unable to repay their debts and were generally thrown in prison.

The settlers that paid their lord an annual rent and worked for him for a fixed number of days each year.

religious settlements established to convert people to a particular faith.

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SS - Chapter 3

Terms

Term	Definition
charter	the right to orgnaize settlements in an area
joint-stock company	a company where investors bought stock, or part ownership, in the company in return for a share of its future profits
burgesses	the elected representatives of a colony to an assembly who had the right to make local laws for the colony
dissented	disagreed with the beliefs or practices fo the Protestant Anglican Church (Anglicans)
persecuted	to treat harshly for a reason
Puritans	The Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church
Separatists	Those who wanted to leave and found their own churches
Pilgrims	What the Separatists considered themselves to be because their journey had a religious purpose
Mayflower Compact	The formal document that the Pilgrims drew up in order to provide order in their new colony. This compact pledged their loyalty to Englandand declared their intention of forming "a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation."
toleration	Official recognition of the rights of individuals and groups to hold dissenting opinions, especially on religion.
patroons	The wealthy landowners who acquired the riverfront estates that were given to anyone who brought at least 50 settlers to work the land.
proprietary colony	A colony in which teh owner, or proprietor, woned all the land and controlled the government.
pacifists	people who refuse to use force or to fight in wars. (Quakers)
indentured servants	People who in return for the payment of their passage to America agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time.
constitution	A plan of government that covered subjects such as land distribution and social ranking.
debtor	Those unable to repay their debts and were generally thrown in prison.
tenant farmer	The settlers that paid their lord an annual rent and worked for him for a fixed number of days each year.
mission	religious settlements established to convert people to a particular faith.
seigneuries	estates
seigneur	lords

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