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Social Studies
Chapter 3
Term | Definition |
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indentured servents | signed an agreement to work for a master |
new england colonies | mass, rode isl, conn, new hamp |
middle colonies | ny, penn, nj, dela |
southern colonies | mary, virg, nc, sc, georg |
cash crop | tobacco, sugar, cotton raised in large quantities to sell for profit |
assembly | elected group of lawmakers |
democratic | ruled by the people, elected to carry out laws |
charter | formal document by the king that outlined the colonies |
separtists | puritan group that wanted to separate from english church and congregations |
pilgrims | traveled for religious reasons to build a perfect society |
puritans | people who wanted to purify the english church by simplifying its ceremonies and ranks of authority |
mayflower compact | signed by a group of separatists pilgrims on how they would govern themselves in the new world |
john winthrop | mass bay colony founder by rules of bible |
roger williams | rhode isl founder worship by any way they choose |
slave trade | capturing, transporting and selling people |
thomas hooker | conn founder based on free consent of the people |
sir george carteret and lord john berkley | cofounders of nj |
william penn | penn founder as a safe place for quakers |
sir cecil calvert | mary founder as a safe place for english catholics |
james oglethrope | georg founder where jailed english debtors could build a bette life |