Colonies

a document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony

• burgess

• headright

• charter

• expand

a company in which investors buy stock in return for a share of its future profits

• joint-stock company

• charter

• burgess

• tolerance

The House of Burgesses is

• the first representative assembly in America
• a joint-stock company
• a written constitution
• the group that controlled Plymouth

Bacon's Rebellion was caused by

• the governor's policy toward Native Americans
• The Virginia Company going bankrupt
• a flood which destroyed tobacco farms
• King James I who jailed Jamestown leaders 

The Mayflower Compact is 

• an agreement to create fair laws in Plymouth 
• the first joint-stock company
• a failed attempt at self-government
• a set of laws to govern Jamestown

Religion and politics were closely linked in which colony?

• Massachusetts Bay
• Jamestown
• Georgia
• New Jersey

Why was Pennsylvania established?

• religious freedom for Quakers
• it was a joint-stock company
• religious freedom for Pilgrims
• for profit

King Philip's War was caused by

• colonists taking Native lands
• high taxes
• the murder of the Plymouth Governor
• the murder of Chief Massasoit

The Salem Witch Trials occurred because of 

• superstition and fear during a time of famine and disease
• a curse put on the people by the Governor
• witches from nearby Plymouth invaded Salem
• a Spanish invasion of the area

A company in which investors buy shares is called a

• joint-stock company
• royal company
• proprietary company
• a charter company