Chapter 5 Vocab

2. elected representatives to a lawmaking body in the English colonies.
3. servant person who agreed to work for a colonial employer for a specified time in exchange for passage to America
8. those who left the Anglican Church
11. a self-governing political unit
13. a document presenting a plan of government
14. member of the Anglican Church who wanted to “purify” the church
16. a celebration of a bountiful harvest shared by the Pilgrims and Native Americans.
19. Act a guarantee that all Christians had the right to worship as they please
21. the acceptance of different beliefs
22. stores products of pine forests used in wooden shipbuilding and maintence
23. official document granting the right to settle and trade

1. Orders of Connecticut the first American constitution or plan of government
4. colony a colony under control of the English king
5. Migration the movement of English settlers to the American colonies from 1630- 1640
6. Bay Company company formed in 1629 by Puritans to start a colony in America.
7. individual who received legal and exclusive right to a colony
9. stock company- form of business organization; pooled funds of many investors or stockholders who can independently sell their shares of the company
10. colony a colony given to an individual by the King of England
12. Protestant reformer who believed in religious tolerance; also known as the Society of Friend
14. large farm worked by many laborers
15. a plant that produces blue dye
17. landsowner in the Dutch colonies who received rent, taxes and labor from tenant farmers
18. English settler seeking religious freedom in the Americas
20. Compact an agreement made by Pilgrim leaders that ensured self-government