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Unit 3 Vocab

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Charter An official document that gives a person the right to establish a colony.
Joint-Stock Company A business formed by a group of people who jointly make an investment and share the profits and losses.
Authority The power or right to rule.
Headright System Colonists who paid their way into Virginia received 50 acres of land. A colonist earned another 50 acres for every additional person brought from England.
Indentured Servant A colonist who received a free pass to America in exchange for working without pay for several years.
Toleration Act of 1649 A Maryland law that made restricting the religious rights of Christians a crime; the first law guaranteeing religious freedom to be passed in America.
Royal Colony A colony founded and controlled by the king.
Proprietary Colony The colony's proprietors, or owners, controlled the government.
Established Church A church that is recognized by law, and sometimes financially supported, as the official church of a nation.
Mayflower Compact A legal contract in which they agreed to have fair laws to protect the general good. A document written by the pilgrims establishing themselves as a political society and setting guidelines for self-government.
Puritans Protestants who want to purify, or reform, the Anglican Church.
Pilgrims/Separatists A member of a Puritan Separatist section that let England in the early 1600's settle in America.
Religious Persecution The systematic mistreatment of an individual or group because of their religious beliefs.
Historian A person who studies or writes about history.
Archeologist Someone who uncovers and studies ancient artifacts such as bows and knifes.
Anthropologist A person who studies cultures.
Religious Tolerance Respecting or allowing different religions.
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