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Ch.3 Vocab
Social Studies Terms and Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| joint-stock company | a business in which investors pool their wealth in order to turn a profit |
| charter | a written contract issued by a government giving the holder the right to establish a colony |
| Jamestown | the first permanent English settlement in North America |
| John Smith | The leader of the colonists |
| indentured servant | a person who sold his or her labor in exchange for passage to America |
| House of Burgesses | created in 1619, the first representative assembly in the American colonies |
| Bacon's Rebellion | In 1676, Nathaniel Bacon marched into Jamestown,took control of the House of Burgesses,and burned Jamestown to the ground |
| Pilgrims | A separatist group; they rejected the Church of England,sailed to America, and founded the Plymouth Colony in 1620. |
| Mayflower Compact | An agreement that the men aboard the Mayflower signed;they vowed to obey laws agreed upon for the good of colony;self-government and majority rule. |
| Puritans | The puritans wanted to reform,or "purify",its practices |
| Great Migration | The movements of Puritans from England to establish settlements around the world, including 20,000 who sailed for America |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | A set of laws that were established in 1639 by a puritan congregation in Connecticut; extended voting rights to non-church members and limited the power of the governor. |
| Roger Williams | Founded first baptist church in America. in 1636,he fled southward and founded the colony Rhode Island. |
| Anne Hutchinson | She believed that a person could worship God without the help of a church,minister,or Bible. She had discussions in her home that challenged church authority. in 1638, she fled to Rhode Island. |
| King Philip's War | A war between the Puritan colonies and Native Americans in 1675-1676 |
| Peter Stuyvesant | The New Netherland colony governor;he attacked the nearby charter colony of New Sweden in 1655. |
| Patroon | A person who brought 50 settlers to New Netherland and in return received a large land grant and other special privileges. |
| Duke of York | Drove the Dutch out of New Netherland in 1664, and became the owner of New York. |
| Proprietary colony | a colony with a single owner |
| William Penn | Owned Pennsylvania,which means "Penn's woods". |
| Quaker | A person who believed all people should live in peace and harmony;accepted different religions and ethnic groups. |
| Royal colony | A colony ruled by governors appointed by a king. |
| James Oglethorpe | He founded Georgia in 1732 |
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