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| joint-stock company | Company backed by people who put money into a project to earn profits |
| charter | A written contract, issued by a government, giving the holder the right to establish a colony |
| Jamestown | The first permanent English settlement in North America |
| John Smith | The leader of Jamestown |
| indentured servant | Worker who exchanged labor for help getting started in America |
| House of Burgesses | The first representative assembly in the American colonies |
| Bacon’s Rebellion | A rebellion by poor, landless settlers against wealthy Virginia landowners |
| Pilgrims | Members of a religious group who wanted to separate from the Church of England |
| Mayflower Compact | An agreement signed by Pilgrims to obey colony laws |
| Puritans | Religious group that wanted to “purify” the Church of England |
| Great Migration | Movement of Puritans from England to America |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | Laws adopted by Puritans in Connecticut in 1636 |
| Roger Williams | Minister who founded colony of Rhode Island |
| Anne Hutchinson | Woman forced to leave Massachusetts Bay Colony |
| King Philip’s War | Conflict between settlers and Native Americans |
| Peter Stuyvesant | The governor of New Netherland |
| patroon | A person who brought 50 settlers to New Netherland |
| Duke of York | The owner of the colony of New York |
| proprietary colony | A colony run by a proprietor, or owner |
| William Penn | The founder of Pennsylvania |
| Quaker | A religious group who was persecuted for its beliefs |
| royal colony | A colony ruled by a governor appointed by the king |
| James Oglethorpe | The founder of Georgia |
