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Mr. Hesterman
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Indentured Servant | a person who sold his or her labor in exchange for passage to America |
| Puritans | a member of a group or from England that settled in the Massachusettes Bay Colony in 1630 and sought to Refrom the practices of the Church of England. |
| William Penn | jhg |
| Charter | a written contract issued by a government giving the holder the right to establish a colony |
| House of Burgesses | created in 1619, the first representative assembly in the American Colonies. |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | a set of Laws that were established in 1639 by a Puritan Congregation who had settled in the Connecticut Valley and that expanded the idea of representative government. |
| Quaker | a person who believed all people should live in peace and harmony; accepted different religions and ethnic groups. |
| Jamestown | the first permanent English settlement in North America. |
| pilgrims | a member of the group that rejected the Church of England; sailed to America, and founded the Plytmouth Colony in 1620. |
| Royal Colony | a colony ruled by governors appointed by a King |
| John Smith | |
| Mayflower Compact | an agreement established in the men who sailed to America on the Mayflower, which called for laws for the good of the colony and set forth the idea of self-government |
| proprietary colony | jhg |