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The English Colonies in America

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What was the business name for English merchants who bought company shares? joint-stock company
What is the legal document granting colonists of Virginia the same rights as English citizens? charter
What was the name of the representatives elected by the colonists to a law making body? burgesses
Who were the English settlers who wanted to change the English church from within? Puritans
Who were the people who left the Anglican church to worship freely? Separatists
Who were the Separatists who traveled in search of religious freedom? Pilgrims
What is the document that set up a form of self-government agreeing to obey laws? Mayflower Compact
What is the name of the Puritan trading company? Massachusetts Bay Company
What is the self-governing political unit of Massachusetts Bay Colony? commonwealth
What is acceptance of different beliefs? tolerance
What is a plan of government that provided for an assembly and elected a governor? Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What is a written plan of government or the supreme law of the land? constitution
Who were the owners of large estates who made and enforced their own laws? patroons
Who were the owners of a colony that was granted ownership by King Charles II? proprietors
What is a colony owned by a person or a group of people? proprietary
Who believed in nonviolence and that all people were created equal in the eyes of God? Quakers
What was the law in Maryland that refused to accept Jews and people who were not Catholic or Protestant? Toleration Act
What were products used in shipbuilding? naval stores
What is the name of the plant that originated in the West Indies and produces a blue dye? indigo
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