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Chapter 3 Vocabulary
Chapter 3 Vocab. EL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A business in which investors pool their wealth in order to turn a profit. | Joint-stock Company |
| A written contract issued by a government giving the holder the right to establish a colony. | Charter |
| The first permanent English settlement in North America. | Jamestown |
| Took control of Jamestown in September 1608, instituting a policy of discipline among the colonists that allowed the colony to stay together. | John Smith |
| A person who sold his or her labor in exchange for passage to America. | Indentured Servant |
| Created in 1619, it was the first representative assembly in the American colonies. | House of Burgesses |
| A revolt against powerful colonial authority in Jamestown by Nathaniel Bacon and a group of landless frontier settlers that resulted in the burning of Jamestown in 1676. | Bacon's Rebellion |
| A member of the group that rejected the Church of England, sailed to America, and founded the Plymouth Colony in 1620. | Pilgrims |
| An agreement established by the men who sailed to America on the Mayflower, which called for laws for the good of the colony and and set forth the idea of self-government. | Mayflower Compact |
| A member of a group from England tha settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 and sought to reform the practices of the Church of England. | Puritans |
| The movement of Puritans from England to establish settlements around the world, including 20,000 who sailed for America. | Great Migration |
| 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. | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
| A Salem, MA minister. He opposed forced attendance at church and taking Native American lands by force, resulting in his expulsion from the colony. Established Rhode Island in 1636. | Roger Williams |
| Conducted discussions in her home that challenged church authority. She was brought to trial and forced leave Massachusetts. | Anne Hutchinson |
| A war between the Puritan colonies and Native Americans in 1675-1676. | King Philip's War |
| Governed the Dutch colony of New Netherland. However, he surrendered his colony to the Duke of York in 1664. | Peter Stuyvesant |
| A person who brought 50 settlers to New Netherland and in return received a large land grant and other special priveleges. | Patroon |
| The brother of King Charles II, he drove the Dutch from New Netherland and became the owner of the colony. | Duke of York |
| A colony with a single owner. | Proprietary Colony |
| A Quaker who was given a large piece of land from King Charles II as repayment in 1681. It became Pennsylvania. | William Penn |
| A person who believed all people should live in peace and harmony; accepted different religions and ethnic groups. | Quaker |
| A colony ruled by governors appointed by a king. | Royal Colony |
| Founded Georgia in 1732 as a refuge for debtors. It became a royal colony due to unrest caused by his strict rules. | James Oglethorpe |
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