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Chapter 3 US History
Term | Definition |
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New Netherland | Dutch Colony that later became New York |
Peter Stuyvesant | Governor of the Dutch Colony of New Netherland |
William Penn | Quaker founder of Pennsylvania |
Patroon | Person rewarded with a large land grant for bringing 50 settlers to New Netherland |
Lord Baltimore | Catholic owner of the colony of Maryland |
Margret Brent | Attorney of the governor of Maryland |
Act of Toleration | Maryland law that forbade religious persecution |
Huguenots | French Protestants |
James Oglethorpe | The founder of Georgia |
Proprietary colony | Colony governed by a single owner, or proprietor |
Elite | Highest ranking social group |
Diversity | Variety |
Region | Distinct area of land |
Tidewater | Flat land along the coast |
John Winthrop | Puritan leader who became the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony |
Pilgrims | Separatist group that traveled to America to gain religious freedom |
Mayflower Compact | Document that helped establish the practice of self government |
Puritans | English dissenters who wanted to reform the church of England |
Great Migration | The movement of tens of thousands of English settlers to New England during the 1630's |
Roger Williams | Puritan dissenter who was banned from Rhode Island |
Anne Hutchinson | Puritan dissenter who was banned from Massachusetts |
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | Document that has been called the first written constitution of America |
Quakers | Group of Protestant dissenters |
Dissenter | Person who disagrees with an official church |
Persecute | To mistreat |
Tolerance | Acceptance of different opinions |
Congregation | Group of people who belong to the same church |
Banish | To force someone to leave a place |
Sir Walter Raleigh | Founder of England's first American Colony (Roanoke, NC) |
Mercantilism | Economic system that European nations used to enrich their treasuries |
Jamestown | First Permanent Settlement in North America |
John Smith | Leader of the Jamestown colony |
Headright | Land grant given to one who could pay his or her way to the colonies |
Indentured servant | One who worked for a set time without pay for a free passage to America |
House of Burgesses | The Virginia assembly which was the first representative assembly in the American colonies |
Joint-stock company | Company Funded by a group of investors |
Investor | Person who puts money into a project to earn a profit |
Charter | Written contract giving the right to establish a colony |
Royal colony | Colony ruled by the King's royal officials |
Identify 3 things that happened to save Jamestown | Pocahontas married a colonist , Lord De La Warr focused the people into farming instead of searching for riches , & tobacco farming brought them riches. |
Why did the colonists settle in the middle colonies? | More religious freedom, rich soil , mild winters , & rivers encouraged trade |