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Social Studies
Chapter 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| indentured servents | signed an agreement to work for a master |
| new england colonies | mass, rode isl, conn, new hamp |
| middle colonies | ny, penn, nj, dela |
| southern colonies | mary, virg, nc, sc, georg |
| cash crop | tobacco, sugar, cotton raised in large quantities to sell for profit |
| assembly | elected group of lawmakers |
| democratic | ruled by the people, elected to carry out laws |
| charter | formal document by the king that outlined the colonies |
| separtists | puritan group that wanted to separate from english church and congregations |
| pilgrims | traveled for religious reasons to build a perfect society |
| puritans | people who wanted to purify the english church by simplifying its ceremonies and ranks of authority |
| mayflower compact | signed by a group of separatists pilgrims on how they would govern themselves in the new world |
| john winthrop | mass bay colony founder by rules of bible |
| roger williams | rhode isl founder worship by any way they choose |
| slave trade | capturing, transporting and selling people |
| thomas hooker | conn founder based on free consent of the people |
| sir george carteret and lord john berkley | cofounders of nj |
| william penn | penn founder as a safe place for quakers |
| sir cecil calvert | mary founder as a safe place for english catholics |
| james oglethrope | georg founder where jailed english debtors could build a bette life |