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US I- Chapter 3 Revi
English Colonies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A religious settlement, used to convert the Native Americans to Christianity | Mission |
| A person or country that owes money to another person or country | Debtor |
| The first attempted English colony in North America; the people from this colony disappeared after a long winter w/o supplies | Roanoke |
| A person who is opposed to the use of war or violence | Pacifist |
| the acceptance of another person's belief | Toleration |
| A document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area | Charter |
| A company in which investors buy stock in the company in return for a share of its future profits | joint-stock company |
| Protestants who, during the 1600s, wanted to reform or purify the Anglican Church of all remnants of Catholicism | Puritan |
| Protestants who believed that people possessed an "inner light" that guided them to salvation; they were also staunch pacifists | Quaker |
| A person who agrees to work without pay for 7 years in exchange for passage to America | Indentured servant |
| A formal document, written in 1620, that provided law and order to the Plymouth colony | Mayflower Compact |
| Name the New England colonies | New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island |
| Name the Middle Colonies | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware |
| Name the Southern Colonies | Georgia, Virginia, North/South Carolina, Maryland |
| Why is John Rolfe important | Discovered a cash crop (tobacco) that saved Virginia |
| Who was Nathaniel Bacon? | Led a rebellion against the governor of Virginia |
| Why did the Puritans decide to start a colony in America? | Escape persecution in England, have religious freedom |
| Why was Jamestown founded? | English wanted to make money. Are looking for gold. |
| Name 3 similarities between Quakers/Puritans. | 1) English, 2) sought religious freedom in the Americas, 3) Did not like the Anglican Church |
| Name 3 differences between Quakers/Puritans | 1) Quakers are tolerant of other religions, 2) Puritans = NEw England, Quakers = Middle Colonies, 3) Puritans want to purify the Anglican church |
| Choose 1 colony and give the founder, year, and source of income | pg 91 |