Colonial America

Right to organize settlelments in a area

• charter

• joint stock company

• burgesses

• dissent

Elected representatives

• charter

• joint stock company

• burgesses

• dissent

To disagree

• charter

• joint stock company

• burgesses

• dissent

Shares of stock or ownership in a company are sold to investors for a share of future profits

• charter

• joint stock company

• burgesses

• dissent

Person who makes a religious journey

• Seperatist

• Pilgrim

• Mayflower Compct

• toleration

Person who wanted to leave the Anglican Church and form their own church.

• Seperatist

• Pilgrim

• Mayflower Compct

• toleration

Formal document in which the Pilgrims pledged their loyalty to England, promised to obey the laws, and declared their goal of forming a governing body.

• Seperatist

• Pilgrim

• Mayflower Compct

• toleration

Recognition of the rights of individuals and groups to disagree, especially on religion.

• Seperatist

• Pilgrim

• Mayflower Compct

• toleration

Person who refused to use force or to fight in wars

• patroon

• proprietary colony

• indentured servent

• pacifist

Wealthy landowener in the New Netherland colony who brought at least 50 settlers to work the land given to them by the Dutch West India Company

• patroon

• proprietary colony

• indentured servent

• pacifist