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Chapter 3 vocab SG
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| companies backed by investors | joint-stock company |
| first permanent colony named after king james | Jamestown |
| a soldier and adventurer that took control of jamestown | John Smith |
| sold their labor to the person that paid for their passage to the colony | indentured servants |
| first representative assembly in the colonies | House of Burgesses |
| A rebellion against the decision not to go to war with the natives | Bacons Rebellion |
| written contract that gives the holder the right to establish a colony | charter |
| a sepratist group | pilgrims |
| men vowed to obey laws and decided on a self government and majority rule government in this document | Mayflower Compact |
| religious group that fled england to escape abous by king james | puritans |
| When thousands of puritans travelled to the americas | Great Migration |
| a state constitution for connecticut | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
| minister in salem who founded the first baptist church in america | Roger Williams |
| believed one didnt need a church, minister, or bible to worship god | Anne Hutchinson |
| when puritans fought a brutal war with the natives | King Phillips War |
| First governor of New Amsterdam but quickly lost support | Peter Stuyvesant |
| person who brought 50 settlers to New Netherland | patroon |
| king charles borother and leader of Netherland | Duke of York |
| colony under ownership by a person | proprietary colony |
| a large land owner who founded pennsylvania | William Penn |
| group believing in the lifestyle of peace and harmonY | quakers |
| colony ruled by governers appointed by a king | royal colony |
| founded georgia as a refuge for debtors | James Oglethorpe |