Us History Chapter 2, Vocabulary

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charter

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legal grant for existence in New World

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charter colony

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governed by a trade company

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proprietary colony

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ruled by governor appointed by king
governor was responsible to king

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royal colony

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controlled directly by king

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headrights

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fifty acre tracts given to those who paid for the passage of another to the New World

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indenture

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work contract for a specific period of time
4-7 years

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Pilgrims

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Christians who left their homes and lands in England to go to New World
settled Plymouth

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Puritans

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Anglicans who wanted to purify the church
Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Separatists

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Pilgrims/Independents
believed each local congregation should be independent of all other churches

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Mayflower Compact

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document written by Pilgrims
settlers agreed to submit to the laws and duty elected leadership of the colony

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Of Plimouth Plantation

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written by William Bradford
history

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Great Migration

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1630
50,000 settlers sailed from England to colonies in America and West Indies

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covenant

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agreement
between God and His people in regard to their salvation

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Harvard College

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1636
first college in America
set up to train young men for the ministry

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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1639 - first written constitution of America
used to join settlements of Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor

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Antinomianism

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belief that outward obedience to Scripture was unnecessary to demonstrate an inward relationship to God

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Middle Colonies

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New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

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New England Colonies

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Maine (Massachusetts), Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut

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New Netherland

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settled by Dutch
would become state of New York

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New Amsterdam

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settled by Dutch
would become New York City

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patroon system

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New Netherland
a person who transported and settled 50 families would receive a large tract of land in the New World

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Law, Concessions, and Agreements

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Constitution written by William Penn

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Southern Colonies

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Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

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House of Burgesses

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1619 - Williamsburg, VA
first self governing body in New World

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Toleration Act of 1649

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Maryland
established free exercise of religion

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Joint-stock companies

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when investors shared profits without sharing liabilities

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London Company

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set up to colonize the southern part of the New World
renamed Virginia Company

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Plymouth Company

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set up to colonize the northern part of the New World

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Jamestown

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first permanent English settlement in the New World
1607

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starving time

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Jamestown colony
1609-1610
when 90% of citizens died during the winter