The New England Colonies
A company in which investors buy stock in return for a share of its future profits
What is a Joint-Stock Company?
A landowner in Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land
What is a Patroon?
This person led a rebellion that showed the government that it could not ignore the demands of its people
Who is Nathaniel Bacon?
What is Dissent?
Create a complete sentence; indentured servant, debtor
The indentured servant was a debtor until their trip to America was paid off.
A document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony
What is a Charter?
People opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes
What are Pacifists?
A person or country that owes money
What is a debtor?
Elected representatives to an assembly
What is a Burgess?
Create a complete sentence; pacifist, tolerance, persecute
The pacifist has tolerance for all other cultures and would not persecute anyone.
A 50 acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way
What is a Headright?
A laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America
What is an Indentured Servant?
These two crops dominated Carolina agriculture
What are indigo and rice? (due to Mr. S's mistake, tobacco is also acceptable)
The ability to accept or put up with different views or behaviors
Create a complete sentence; chater, headright, patroon
The patroon was given a charter to settle a headright.
A list of fundamental laws to support a government
What is a Constitution?
This person and/or group of people established Pennsylvania
Who are William Penn and the Quakers?
Bacon's Rebellion showed the government this
What is that government could not ignore the demands of its people?
To mistreat a person or group on the basis of their beliefs
What is Persecute?
Create a complete sentence; burgess, constitution
The burgess drew up the colony's new constitution.
This lured many settlers to Virginia and gave them a reason to work hard
What is the chance to own land?
While the Jamestown settlers had come to America in search of wealth, this is what the next wave of English colonists arrived in search of
What is Religious Freedom?
This caused conflicts to arise between European settlers and Native Americans
What is settlers moving onto Native American lands without payment or permission?
This is the difference between an indentured servant and a debtor
A debtor is anyone that owes money and an indentured servant is someone who agreed to work for a certain period of time in exchange for a free trip to America. All indentured servants are debtors but not all debtors are indentured servants.
This is why William Penn and the Quakers established Pennsylvania
What is a "holy experiment" where everyone would be treated equally?