Chapter 3 Sections 1 & 2

This is an agreement established by the Pilgrims who sailed to America on the Mayflower, which called for laws for the good of the colony and established the idea of self government.

• The New England Way

• Great Migration

• Mayflower Compact

• Bacon's Rebellion

What is a business in which investors put their wealth together in order to turn a profit.

• Mercantilism

• Joint-Stock Company

• "The New England Way"

• Indentured Servant

This is a person who puts money into a project in order to earn profits.

• Pilgrims

• Mercantilism

• Investors

• Indentured Servants

It is a religious group from England who wanted to reform the practice of the Church of England.

• Quakers

• Muslims

• Catholics

• Puritans

This is a written contract issued by the government by giving the holder the right to establish a colony.

• Charter

• Joint-Stock Company

• Mayflower Compact

• Great Migration

What is an economic system in which nations increase their wealth and power by controlling the trade with colonies and by establishing a favorable balance of trade.

• Mercantilism

• Joint-Stock Company

• Commerce

• Indentured Servant

A term used by the Puritans to describe both their beliefs and their society which emphasized duty, godliness, hardwork and honesty

• New England Way

• Great Migration

• Mayflower Compact

• Bacon's Rebellion

This refers to a form of government in which people make the laws and the decisions for the community.

• Joint-Stock Company

• Investors

• Congregation

• Town Meeting

This is a person who sold his or her labor in exchange for a passage to America.

• Indentured Servant

• Slave

• Encomienda

• Great Migration

This refers to a group of people who belong to the same church.

• Congregation

• Chapel

• Parish

• Priest