hjh history vocab 3

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Company backed by investors for profit

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Joint stock co.

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A written contract from a government granting the right to establish a colony.

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charter

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First representative assembly in American colonies

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House of Burgesses

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Worker exchanged labor for help in America

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Indentured servant

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Rebellion by poor, landless settlers against wealthy Virginia landowners.

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Bacon's rebellion.

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Members of a religious group who separated from the Church of England

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Pilgrims

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Agreement by pilgrims to follow colony laws

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Mayflower Compact

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Religious group aiming to "purify" the Church of England

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Puritans

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Movement of Puritans from England to America

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The Great Migration

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First written constitution in America

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut