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Chapter 3 Vocab
vocabulary words in chapter 3 for social studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Charter | A written contract issued by a government giving the holder the right to establish a colony. |
| Malaria | A disease spread by Mosquitoes. |
| John Smith | A soldeir, adventurer, and the leader of Jamestown. |
| Pocahontas | The duaghter of a Powhaton Indian Chief. |
| Joint-stock company | A business in which investors pool their wealth in order to turn a profit. |
| Indentured servants | People who sold their labor in exchange for passage to America. |
| House of Burgesses | It was Created in 1995. it is the first sentative assembly in the American Colonies. |
| Bacon's Rebellion | A Revolt against powerful colonial authority in Jamestown by Nathaniel Bacon and a group of landless frontier settlers that resulted in the burning of Jamestown in 1676. |
| Pilgrims | |
| Mayflower Compact | |
| Puritans | |
| Great Migration | |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | |
| Roger Williams | |
| Anne Hutchinson | |
| King Philip's War | |
| Peter Stuyvesant | |
| Patroon | |
| Duke of York | |
| Proprietary colony | |
| William Penn | |
| Quaker | |
| Royal colony | |
| James Oglethorpe |