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| Sir Walter Raleigh est. this colony in 1585. The people from it disappeared; therefore it is called the “Lost Colony”. |
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| An economical arrangement by which a number of investors pool their capital in an effort to make a profit (investing) |
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| An official document granted by government to some group or agency for a stated purpose |
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| The king who grants to charters to the 2 joint-stock companies |
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| London Company of Virginia |
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| Est. Colonial Settlements in America |
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| Charter of the Virginia Company |
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| Important in American History; guaranteed the same rights of Englishmen to colonize in N. America |
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| the first permanent English settlement in the Americas |
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| London Company of Plymouth |
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| an English joint stock company founded in 1606 by James I of England with the purpose of establishing settlements on the coast of North America |
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| leader of spring 1608, strict discipline |
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| new governor, brought attention to crops, discipline, and order |
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| (Pocahontas’ Husband) First one to send tobacco back to England, which became popular and profited the Colonists ( in 1614) |
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| A crop that helped saved Colonists from hardships |
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| any crop that is considered easily marketable |
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| a person who came to America and was placed under contract to work for another over a period of time |
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| a group of representatives that met once a year |
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| Church of England(Anglican Church) |
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| King Henry VIII created this church |
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| those whom disagreed with the Church of England |
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| Those who wanted to separate from the Church of England |
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| A group of dissenters that wanted to PURIFY the Church of England |
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| Document that was signed by 41 men that est. the idea of majority rule and self governing |
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| an English colonial venture in North America from 1620 to 1691 |
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| 1000Puritians est. this colony; |
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| main town of Massachusetts Bay Colony |
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| A period of 10 yrs. where 20,000 more people join the Puritans from England |
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| Puritans; anyone part of the Congregational Church(Puritan Church) |
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| church meetings that were also governmental meetings; VERY important part of daily life; important form of self governing |
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| Hard Work(way of honoring God),Education(had to learn how to read in order to be able to read the Bible), and Representative Government(self-govt. and idea of town meeting |
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| a Puritan minister whose ideas didn’t support those of the others |
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| Colonists had no right to take Native American lands. Church attendance should be voluntary. Puritans shouldn’t force their ideas on anyone Church and state must be separate. |
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| The colony that Roger Williams est. in 1636, as he was banished from his previous colony; this colony supported Williams’ ideas; had Religious Tolerance and Separation of Church and State |
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| when people allow other people to think about God in ways that they do not think is true. They tolerate religious beliefs and practices which are different from their own. |
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| A female who challenged Puritan beliefs by teaching ministers weren’t necessarily elected to be saved; got banished ,then moved to Rhode Island |
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| Moved the Puritan group to Connecticut Valley in 1636 |
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| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
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| The groundbreaking official document of Connecticut Valley |
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| a group disliked terribly by the Puritans; believed one could know God by accruing an inner light; Women and Men were equal |
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| A concept the Quakers STRONGLY believed in; Christ’s light; A way of saying God’s blessings are shining on them |
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