Social Studies Colonies Vocab
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- Great Migration
- The movement of English settlers to the American colonies from 1630-1640
- Puritans
- Member of the Angican church who wanted to "Purify" the church
- Charter
- Offiical document granting the right to settle and trade
- Joint-Stock Company
- Form of business organization; pooled funds of many investors or stockholders who can independantly sell their shares of the company.
- Burgesses
- Elected Representatives to a lawmaking body in the english colonies
- Separatists
- Those who left the Angican Church
- Thanksgiving
- A celebration of a bountiful harvest shared by the pilgrims and the Native Americans
- Pilgrims
- English settler seeking religious freedom in America
- Mayflower Compact
- An agreement made by the pilgrim leaders that ensured self government
- Plantation
- Large farm worked by many layborers
- Indentured Servent
- Person who agreed to work for a colonial employer for a specified time in exchange for a passage to America
- Royal Colony
- A colony under control of the english king