Chapter 3 OP Flashcards
charter
a document issued by a government that grants specific rights to a person or company
representative government
the form of government in which voters elect people to make laws for them
toleration
recognition that other people have the right to different opinions
town meeting
an assembly of townspeople that decides local issues
proprietary colony
a colony created by a grant of land from a monarch to an individual of family
royal colony
a colony controlled directly by the English king
pilgrim
is a person who takes a religious journey
Back country
was a frontier region extending through several colonies from Pennsylvania to Georgia
debtors
people who owe money.
john smith
was sent from London to lead the James town town colony.
Squanto
brought the pilgrims seeds of native plants-corn beans and pumpkins-and showed them how to plant them. He also taught the settlers how to catch eels from nearby rivers.
john Winthrop
a respected landowner and lawyer. led the puritans
roger Williams
minister of a church in the town of Salem. Williams believed the puritans should split entirely from the church of England.
Anne Hutchinson
questioned some of the Puritan teachings. she was put on trial in 1638 and was expelled from Massachusetts.
Thomas hooker
a minister disagreed with the puritan leaders. He left Massachusetts with about 100 followers in 1636 and settled in what today is Connecticut.
Metacom
the chief of the Wampanoag who was also known by his English name king Philip. his goal was to stop shop puritan expansion.
William Penn
wanted to find a place for Quakers to live free from persecution.
Nathaniel bacon
became the leader of the frontier settles. in 1675 he organized a force of 1000 westerners and began attacking and killing native Americans. the governor declared that bacon and his men were rebels.
lord Baltimore
got the assembly to pass the act toleration in 1649. it welcomed all Christians and gave adult male Christians the right to vote and hold office,
James oglethorpe
wanted a colony where there would be protection for english
