2.2 key terms
The document that the king could not raise taxes without first consulting a Great Council of nobles and church leaders.
Magna Carta
founders of Plymouth
pilgrims
holy day of religious observance and rest
Sabbath
the king gives land to one or more people in return for a yearly payment
proprietry colony
Known as the new movement that divided Europe
Protestant Reformation
the mistreatment or punishment of certain people because of their beliefs.
persecution
one of the most despised religious groups in England
Quakers
A legal document giving certain rights to a person or company
charter
when the Pilgrims found themselves without a government, they banded together themselves to make laws
mayflower compact
among the new arrivals, large numbers of German speaking Protestants
Pennsylvania Dutch
People who were pledged to work for a master for a period until they paid off the cost of their voyage.
indentured servant
hoped to reform the church by introducing simpler front of worship
puritans
founded the colony of Pennsylvania 1681
William Penn
voters elect representatives to make laws for them.
representative government
relied on the virtue of the people to obey the law and seek the common good.
Fundemental orders of the Connecticut