Chapter 3 Test Flashcards
economic system that European nations used to enrich their treasuries
mercantilism
first permanent English settlement in North America
Jamestown
land grant given to one who could pay his or her way to the colonies
headright
one who worked for a set time without pay in exchange for a free passage to America
Indentured servant
the Virginia assembly, which was the first representative assembly in the American colonies
House of Burgesses
company funded by a group of investors
Joint-stock company
a person that puts money into a project to earn a profit
Investor
written contract giving the right to establish a colony
Charter
colony ruled by the king’s appointed officials
Royal colony
Puritan leader who became the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony
John Winthrop
Separatist group that traveled to America to gain religious freedom
Puritans
the movement of fans of thousands of English settlers to New England during the 1630’s
Great Migration
Puritan dissenter who established Rhode Island
Roger Williams
Puritan dissenter who was banished from Massachusetts
Anne Hutchinson
document that has been called the first written constitution in America
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
group of Protestant dissenters - settled in PA
Quakers
person who disagrees with an official church
Dissenter
To mistreat
Persecute
Acceptance of different opinions
Tolerance
Group of people who belong to the same church
Congregation
To force someone to leave a place
Banish
Owner of the colony of Maryland
Lord Baltimore
Attorney of the governor of Maryland
Margret Brent
Maryland law that forbade religious persecution
Act of Toleration
