Chapter 3 Packet Questions Flashcards
What does persecute mean?
To treat someone harshly because of the person’s beliefs or practices
What is a charter?
A document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area
What does toleration mean?
The acceptance of different beliefs
What is a pacifist?
A person opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes
What is a tenant farmer?
Farmer who works the land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or crops
What is a joint-stock company?
A company on which investors buy stock in the company in return for a share of its future profits
What is a Puritan?
Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church in the 1600s
What was the Mayflower Compact?
A formal document, written in 1620, that provided law and order for the Plymouth colony
What is a constitution?
A formal plan of government
What is a mission?
A religious settlement
What is a burgesses?
Elected representatives to an assembly
What is a separatist?
Protestants who during the 1600s wanted to leave the Anglican Church in order to found their own churches
What is a patroon?
A landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled like kings over a large area of land
What is a debator?
Person or country who owes money
What is dissent?
A disagreement with or opposition to an opinion
What is a pilgrim?
A person who goes to another country for religious purpose
What is a proprietary colony?
A colony run by individuals or groups to whom land was granted
What is an indentured servant?
Laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain time for exchange for passage to America
What is Roanoke Island?
A colony founded by Walter Raleigh, founded in 1587, the colony disappeared
Who was Thomas Hooker?
Puritan colonial leader, who founded the Colony of Connecticut
What was the Virginia Company?
A pair of English joint stock companies chartered by James I on 10 April 1606 with the purposes of establishing settlements on the coast of North America
What was Jamestown?
A settlement established on the James river, near Chesapeake Bay, named after their king, built on a peninsula to protect from attacks, lacked farmland
Who was was William Penn?
An English entrepreneur, Founded Pennsylvania
Who was Sir George Calvert?
Lord Baltimore, founded Maryland, wanted to find a safe place to take refuge from the persecution England
