Question | Answer | | |
Authority | the power or right to rule | Mayflower Compact | a document written by the pilgrims that sets up their rules' and government |
Headright System | colonist that payed for their way to the NEW WORLD get 50 acres of land when you move to virginia and when some one comes you get more | Puritans | protestants who want to purifie and reform the church of England |
Indentured Servant | a colonist who recieved free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years | Pilgrims/Separatists | a member of a the separatists |
Toleration Act of 1649 | a Maryland law that made restricting the religous rights of Christians a crime; the first law guaranteing religious freedom to be passed in America | Persecution | the systematic mistreatment of someone based on their religous beliefs |
Royal Colony | is founded and controlled by the king | Religious Tolerence | respecting or allowing different religions |
Historian | a person who studies and writes about history | Archeologist | someone who recovers and studies bones and artifacts uncovered from the ground |
Anthropologist | a person who studies cultures | Established Church | a church that is recognized by law, and sometimes financially supported, as the official church of a nation |
Charter | an unofficial document that gives a person the right to establish a colony | Proprietary Colony | land is given to investers get to make the rules |
Joint Stock-Company | a buisness formed by a group of people who jointly make an investment and share in profits amd losses | | |