Chapter2 Flashcards
Jamestown
first permanent English settlement
joint-stock companies
A company whose stock is owned jointly by the stockholders
starving time
period was named this due to many deaths
charter colony
one governed by a trade company
proprietary colony
when a king appointed a proprietor
royal colonies
controlled directly by the crown.
Pilgrims
Christians aboard the Mayflower.
Puritans
group of Anglicans who wanted to purify the state church
Mayflower Compact
the first kind of self governing document in America
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
this document established a framework for representative self-government in Connecticut
middle colonies
culturally diverse stretch of land from Long Island to the Delaware Bay
patroon system
a unique system of settlement established by the Dutch of New Netherlands
southern colonies
Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia
