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SS: Ch. 3 Vocab
Vocab for US History Ch. 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A company backed by investors, who buy shares of stock of the company to earn profits. Profits and losses are divided. | Joint-Stock Company |
| A written contract that was issued by the government and gave the holder the right to establish a colony. | Charter |
| The first permanent English settlement, founded by people who were financed by the Virginia Company of London. | Jamestown |
| A soldier and adventurer who started getting Jamestown to grow. He was later injured and returned to England. | John Smith |
| People who sold their labor for passage into the colonies. They could later start work once they paid off their debt. | Indentured Servant |
| Representatives of the colonists met annually in an assembly. First representative assembly in the colonies. | House of Burgesses |
| Sparked when a governor refused to approve a war for Nathaniel Bacon. Bacon burned down most of Jamestown, but his death ended the rebellion. Led to the House of Burgesses taking steps against tyranny. | Bacon's Rebellion |
| A Separatist group who fled England to escape harsh treatment and eventually sailed to the Americas on the Mayflower. | Pilgrims |
| Agreement signed by those on the Mayflower. Vowed to obey self-created laws; established idea of self-government. | Mayflower Compact |
| Religious group that fled England to escape persecution. Wanted to "purify" practices of Church of England. | Puritans |
| Thousands of Puritans leaving England. | Great Migration |
| Wrote by Puritans in Connecticut Valley. Expanded idea of representative government. | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
| Minister who opposed forced church attendance and taking of Native American land. Was forced out of his colony; founded Rhode Island. | Roger Williams |
| Lady who believed one could worship without the Bible, a minister, or a church. Forced to flee to Rhode Island. | Anne Hutchinson |
| War between Native Americans and Puritans. Natives lost and Puritans moved onto their land. | King Philip's War |
| Governor of New Netherland. Was disliked by Dutch and forced to surrender when challenged by British. | Peter Stuyvesant |
| Person granted permissions and land after bringing 50 settlers to New Netherland. | Patroon |
| Sent to drive out Dutch from New Netherland and was successful; renamed area New York. | Duke of York |
| A colony owned by a proprietor. | Proprietary Colony |
| Large landowner who joined Quakers. King gave him Pennsylvania to pay off a debt to him, which he used to promote beliefs. | William Penn |
| People who believed everyone should live in peace and harmony. Welcomed different religions and ethnicities. | Quaker |
| Colony ruled by people appointed by the king. | Royal Colony |
| Founded Georgia as a refuge for debtors. Caused his colony to become a royal colony because of his harsh rules. | James Oglethorpe |
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