Chapter 3 KS Flashcards

1
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Charter

A

Document issued by a government that grants specific rights to person or company.

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2
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Representative government

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the form of government in which voters elect people to Make laws for them.

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3
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Toleration

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Recognition that other people have the right to different opinions.

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4
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Town meeting

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An assembly of townpeople that decides local issues.

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5
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Proprietary colony

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A colony created by a grant of land from a monarch to an individual or family.

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6
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Royal colony

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A colony controlled directly by the english king.

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7
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The backcountry

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A frontier region extending through seval colonies, from pennysylvania to Georgia

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8
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accumlatiing

A

People

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9
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Debtors

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People who owe money.

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10
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Plantation

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A large farm especially in a hot country where crops such as cotton, sugar and rice are grown.

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11
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John Smith

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was sent out from london to lead the colony.

Jamestown.

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12
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Squanto

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Brought the pilgrims seeds of the native plants-corn beans and pumpkins-and showed them how to plant them.

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13
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John winthrop

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A respected landowned and lawyer.

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14
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roger williams

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Minister of a church in the town of salem. Williams believed the puritans should split entirely from church of England.

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15
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Anne hutchinson

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Questioned some of the puritan teachings. She was put on trial in 1638 and was expelled from Massachussetts. hutchinsons established a settllement on an island that is now a part of Rhode island. In 1642, she traveling farther south, into what is today New york state.

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16
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William penn

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Wanted to find a place for Quakers to live where they would be safe from percution

17
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Nathaniel bacon

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The leader of a rebellion that went on the attack native Americans & Jamestown.

18
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Lord baltimore

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Got the assembly to pass the act the toleration, in 1649.

19
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James oglethorpe

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Wanted a colony where there would be protection for English debtors-People who owe money

20
Q

Impose

A

To place a burden on something or someone

21
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Sustain

A

To support; to keep going

22
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restrict

A

To place limitations on something or somebody

23
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Fundamental

A

Most important part

24
Q

Accumulate

A

To increase in amount over time

25
Q

Proprietor

A

Owner of a business or a colony

26
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Contrast

A

Difference shown between things when compared

27
Q

function

A

Purpose; proper use

28
Q

convert

A

To change from one religion to another