7th grade history test 2
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18 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 charter | a document that gives the holder the right to organize settlerments in an area |
| headright | a 50 acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way |
| separatist | protestant who, during the 1600s wanted to leave the anglican church in order to found their own churches |
| puritan | protestant who, during the 1600s wanted to reform the anglican |
| pilgrim | separatist who journey to the colonies during the 1600s for a religious purpose |
| mayflower compact | a formal document written in 1620 that provided law and order to the plymouth coloney |
| tenant farmer | farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or corps |
| burgesses | elected representative to an assembly |
| constitution | a list of fundamental laws to support a government |
| dissent | disagreement with or opposition to an opinion |
| debtor | person or country that owes money |
| fundamental orders of connecticut | the first written plan for a government in america |
| indentured servant | laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to america |
| joint-stock company | a company in which investors buy stock in the company in return for a share of its future profits |
| mission | religious settlement |
| proprietary colony | colony run by individuals or groups to whom land was granted |
| patroon | landowner in the dutch colonies who ruled like a king over large areas of land |
| pacifist | person opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes |
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