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S.M. Chapter 3 Vocab
Chapter 3 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| joint-stock company | several people, or a company, invest in a colony and gain ownership |
| charter | a contract given by the government letting a person or company settle a colony |
| Jamestown | first permanent English settlement |
| John Smith | had control over Jamestown in 1608 and forced people to work for food, but stepped down when later injured |
| indentured servant | they worked for, instead of pay, a trip to the colony |
| House of Burgesses | an assembly where elected representitives would meet anually |
| Bacon's Rebellion | told Berkely to go to war with the Native Americans to take control of their tobacco |
| Pilgrims | they rejected the English church so they fled to the colony |
| Mayflower Compact | an agreement between the folks on the Mayflower to do what was best for the colony |
| Puritans | left England for their religous beliefs |
| Great Migration | this was when all of the Puritans left England |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | gave voting rights to people who were not of the church |
| Roger Williams | founded the first Baptist church in the colonies |
| Anne Hutchison | believed you did not need any help to worship God |
| King Philip's War | Puritans fought a tough battle against the Native Americans |
| Peter Stuyvestan | he was rather rufe so he lost the help of other Dutch colonist in his position of governer, and when the British demanded they surrender the colony, he was forced to |
| patroon | someone who brought 50 or more settlers to New Netherland |
| Duke of York | siezed New Netherland and gained ownership |
| preoprietary colony | a colony with only one owner |
| William Penn | controlled Pennsylvania and claimed Quakers could live their with no disrespect |
| Quaker | believed in respecting everyone, no matter religion or ethnicity |
| royal colony | ruled by a governer assigned by the King |
| James Oglethorpe | founded Georgia |