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Chapter 3 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| jOINT-STOCK COMPANY | PEOPLE WHO PUT MONEY INTO A PROJECT TO EARN PROFITS |
| CHARTER | BY GOVERNMENT GIVING THE HOLDER THE RIGHT TO ESTABLISH A COLONY |
| JAMESTOWN | IN HONOR OF KING JAMES |
| JOHN SMITH | A SOLIDER AND ADVENTURER TOOK CONTROL |
| INDENTURED SERVANT | COULD NOT AFFORD PASSAGE TO AMERICA |
| HOUSE OF BURGESSES | FIRST REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES |
| BACON'S REBELLION | GOV. BERKELEY'S REFUSAL OF NATHANIEL BACON'S DEMAND SPARKED BACON'S REBEBILLON |
| PILGRIMS | SEPARATIST GROUP |
| MAYFLOWER COMPACT | MEN ABOARD THE MAYFLOWER SIGNED AN AGREEMENT CALLED THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT |
| PURITANS | religious group |
| GREAT MIGRATION | thousands of people left their home land to find new settlement around the world |
| FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT | extended voting rights to non- church members and limited the power of the governor |
| ROGER WILLIAMS | Minster in Salem, Massachusetts |
| ANNE HUTCHINSON | could worship god without going to church |
| KING PHILIP'S WAR | Leader of the Wampanoag |
| PETER STUYVESANT | governor of the Dutch colony of new Netherland |
| PATROON | person who brought 50 settlers to new Netherland |
| DUKE OF YORK | king James the 2 in 1685 |
| PROPRIETARY COLONY | colony surrendered when duke's ship land on New Amsterdam |
| WILLIAM PENN | large land owner in America |
| QUAKER | Beliefs |
| ROYAL COLONY | Carolina's owners refused to send help to stop a threatened Spanish attack |
| JAMES OGLETHORPE | Founder of Georgia |