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Rivera-Ch5Voc
Mrs. Rivera - Chapter 5 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | Southern Colony |
| Georgia | Southern Colony |
| Virginia | Southern Colony |
| Pennsylvania | Middle Colony |
| Delaware | Middle Colony |
| New York | Middle Colony |
| New Jersey | Middle Colony |
| New Hampshire | New England Colony |
| Massachusetts | New England Colony |
| Rhode Island | New England Colony |
| Connecticut | New England Colony |
| a region of low coastal land whose rivers are affected by ocean tides | tidewater |
| a place of protection | refuge |
| a promise or agreement | covenant |
| land grant offered by the Virginia Company in the 1600s to attract English settlers to Virginia | headright |
| a soldier who serves in a foreign army for pay | mercenary |
| the beliefs and way of life of the Puritans in Colonial New England | New England Way |
| a community in which people work together for the good of the whole | commonwealth |
| a person who puts money into a project in order to earn profit | investor |
| shares of ownership in a company | shares of stock |
| a member of English religious group that believed the Anglican church should purify by abandoning ritual and ceremony | Puritan |
| agreement signed by the male passengers aboard the mayflower, in which they vowed to respect the laws agreed upon for the food of the colony | Mayflower Compact |
| individual who called for a total break with the Anglican Church | separatist |
| individual who worked without wages for a specified number of years in exchange for passage to the American Colonies | indentured servant |
| The immigration to America by English Puritans in the 1630s | Great Migration |
| a person who challenges the dominant view of church or society | dissenter |
| a grant issued by the government giving the holder the right to establish a colony | charter |
| Virginia legislature founded in 1619, served as a step toward establishing a representative government in America | House of Burgesses |
| an owner | proprietor |
| South Carolina | Southern Colony |