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Chapter 5
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History
8th Grade
11/20/2008

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Joint- Stock Company
Definition
A business that is owned by many people
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John Smith
Definition
An adventurer who forced colonist to plant crops and build
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Lord De La Warr
Definition
The leader who replaced John Smith and discouraged the colonist to return to Jamestown
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John Rolfe
Definition
The man pochahontis married, as a result, they temporarily peace for 8 years
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Apprentices
Definition
People who learned a trade from skilled workers
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Indentured Servants
Definition
A person who worked without pay for a certain number of years in return for passage to colony, clothing, food, and shelter
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House of Burgesses
Definition
A gorup of elected officials
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Puritans
Definition
People that argued about the church of England being purified by taking out all of its catholic practices
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Separatists
Definition
A person who refused to accept the authority of the Church of England
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Pilgrims
Definition
A seperatist who was among the founders of the Plymouth colony
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Mayflower Compact
Definition
An agreement that spelled out how to set up the Plymouth colony's government
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Wampanoag
Definition
A tribe of Native Americans who lived in the areas of Rhode Island and Massachusetts during the time of the clolonization of Plymouth
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John Winthrop
Definition
A governor who was selected to ensure good leadership
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Intolerant
Definition
unwilling to allow others to express beliefs different from one's own
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Triangular Trade
Definition
A named made because of tradings routes looking like triangles
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Middle Colonies
Definition
New England and Virginia
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Peter Stuyvesant
Definition
A dutch Governor who was told to turn over the colony to England
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William Penn
Definition
Quaker founder of Pennsylvania colony
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Quakers
Definition
Member of the religious sect also known as the Society of Friends
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Surplus
Definition
The amount that was more than what was needed
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Southern Colonies
Definition
The Southern most of the 13 colonies: Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and Georgia
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Lord Baltimore
Definition
A Roman Catholic
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James Oglethorpe
Definition
Founder of the colony of Georgia
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Plantations
Definition
A large farm on Which crops are grown for sale
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