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chapter 3 vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| joint-stock company | they were backed by invesrors, people who put money into a project to earn profits. |
| charter | a written contract issued by a government, giving the holder the right to establish a colony. |
| jamestown | english settlement in honor of King James. |
| john smith | a soldier and adventurer that took control of the remaining of the 38 colonists that were alive. |
| indentured servant | those who could not afford passage to America were encouraged to become 'indentured servants' |
| house of burgesses | created in 1619 , became the representative assembly in the America colonies. |
| bacon's rebellion | governor berkeley's refusal of Nathaniel Bacon's demand sparked Bacon's Rebellion. |
| pilgrims | they were a seperatist group. |
| mayflower compact | for the sake of order , the men aboard the mayflower signed an agreement called the Mayflower Compact. |
| puritans | they left england to escape bad treatment by King James. |
| great migration | the puritans departure is called, 'The Great Migration'. |
| fundamental orders of connecticut | some puritan congregations set up new colonies. |
| roger williams | |
| anne hutchinson | |
| king phillip's war |
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