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8 Wilson mid. chp. 3

Wilson 8th grade midterm U.S. chapter 3 "The English Establish The 13 Colonies"

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CHARTER written contract giving the right to establish a colony
JOINT-STOCK COMPANY company funded by a group of investors
GREAT MIGRATION the movement of tens of thousands of English settlers to NEw england during the 1630s
ACT OF TOLERATION MARYLAND LAW THAT FORBADE RELIGOUS PESECUTION
HOUSE OF BURGESSES the Virginia assembly, which was the first representative assemmbly in the American colonies
MAYFLOWER COMPACT document that helped establish the practice of self-goverment
FUNDEMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNETICUT document that has been called the first written consitution in America
JAMESTOWN LOCATION un Virginia, first permanent english settlement in North America, in honor of King James I
PURITAIN BELEIFS CONFLICT W/ AMERICAN wanted to reform church of england,puritains felt threatened by people with other beliefs and many arrguments were formed causing many to leave massachusetts and settle in other New England colonies
SOUTHERN ECONOMY large plantaions formed landowners became rich from exporting cash crops. wealthy elite formed. poorer settlers forced west.
FOUNDING OF GEORGIA james Oglethorpe received charter for Georgia, debtors and poor could make a fresh start, oglethorpe set strict fules.
NEW NETHERLAND Dutch built comony in 1600s along the Hudson River, in what is now New York
FOUNDING OF PENNSYLVANIA (BELIEF) William Penn was given pennsylvania. founded as a place where Quakers could practice their religion because they suffered persecution in colonies and England.
PURPOSE OF AMERICAN COLONIZATION England colonized America for money
ROYAL COLONY colony ruled by the king's appointed officials.
PROPRIETARY colony governed by a single owner
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