Chapter 3 Grade 7 Flashcards
A document issued by a government that grants specific rights to a person or company
Charter
John Rolfe and Pocohantas set it up “House of Burgesses” settled by Jamestown
Representative Government
Sir Walter Raleigh found it in 1585 its on an island off the coast of North Carolina within 1 year the settlement failed because they ran out of food. They left and went home
Roanoke 1
When investors bought stock in a company if the settlement did well the members of the company would share the profits (Massachusetts Bay Company and Virginia Company of London
Joint-stock company
People who wanted to completely separate or break away
Separatists
Lead Massachusetts Bay Company Governor of Massachusetts
John Winthrop
Found Providence Rhode Island in 1636
Rodger Williams
Settled Hartford Connecticut and set up the Fundamental Orders of Government
Thomas Hooker
Colony in which the owner owned al the land and controlled the government
Proprietary Colony
Founded Pennsylvania and was granted land by King Charles II the New World was part of the “Society of Friends”
William Penn
Lead New Amsterdam and governor of New Netherlands
Peter Stuyvesant
Founded Virginia and he lead a rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon
Settled Georgia in 1733 brought debtors
James Oglethorpe
Large Farms
Plantations
Found by Cecil Calvert (1649) it protected and provided religious freedom for all Christians The Jews weren’t invited
Act of Toleration