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NC Chapter 5 Vocabulary

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Joint-Stock CompanyA business owned by many people.
Indentured ServantA person who works without pay for a certain number of years and return for a passage for to a colony , clothing, food, and shelter
SeparatistA person who refuses to accept the authority of the Church of England.
PilgrimA seperatist who was among the founders of the Plymouth Colony.
Mayflower CompactAn agreement that spelled out how to set up the Plymouth colony's government.
William PennQuaker founder of Pennsylvania colony.
QuakerMember of the religious sect also known as the Society of Friends.
James OglethorpeFounder of the colony of Georgia.
PlantationA large Farm on which crops are grown for sale.
IntolerantUnwilling to allow others to express beliefs different from one's own.
CharterA legal document that gives permission to explore, settle, and govern land.
John SmithA 28 year old adventurer forced the colony's to plant crops and build.
Lord De La WarrThe leader who replaced John Smith, ordered the discourage colonist to return to Jamestown.
John RolfeThe man who made temporary peace for 8 years by marring Pocahontas.
apperenticesPeople who learned a trade from skilled workers.
House of BurgessesOn July 1619, the group of elected officials met for the first time this plan of the government modeled on English Parliament worked so well in Virgina they modeled it later in English Colonies.
PuritanThey stayed in the Church of England, they argued that it should be purified by getting rid of all its Catholic practices.
MassassoitLeader of the Wampanoag people.
John WinthropHe was elected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Triangle TradeTrading routes often looks like triangles.
Middle ColoniesNew York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware english settlers would establish this 4 colony's that vast territory's between New England and Virgina.
Peter StuyvesantThe dutch governor who in 1644 was force to turn over the New Amsterdam to England.
surplusThe amount that was more than they needed more home than aboard.
Southern ColoniesMaryland, Virgina, The Carolina's, and Georgia are the colonys to be founded on Atlantic Coast, North America.
Lord BaltimoreRoman Catholic who was granted land an established Maryland.
Middle PassageDifficult journey across the Atlantic.
WampanoagA group of Native Americans who befriended the Pilgrims and helped them learn survival skills.


8th Grade Social Studies Teacher
Jacksonville Commons Middle School
Jacksonville, NC

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