1. Settling the New England, Middle and Southern Colonies
Chapter 5 Vocabulary
Settling the New England, Middle and Southern Colonies

2. Joint-Stock Company
Group of investors who sponsor a voyage

3. Charter A document giving permission to settle.
The King or Queen of England granted charters.

4. Plantation A large farm, often using slave labor.
George Washington’s Mt. Vernon Plantation
A large farm, often using slave labor.

5. An elected representative.
Burgesses
An elected representative.
Virginia’s House of Burgesses

6. Cash crop of South Carolina
Indigo
Cash crop of South Carolina
A plant used to make a Blue dye

7. Separatist Those that left the Church of England.
Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony were separatist

8. Naval Stores
Materials used in shipbuilding. Tar, pitch, turpentine, wood.
The British Empire depended on its navy

9. Mayflower Compact
Agreement for self-government in Plymouth.

10. Great Migration
Over 17,000 Puritans cross the Atlantic to Massachusetts in 20 years.

11. Commonwealth A self-governing political unit.
Pennsylvania and Virginia are commonwealths
A self-governing political unit.

12. The Quaker William Penn believed in toleration of Indians
Roger Williams of Rhode Island
Acceptance of Others
The Quaker William Penn believed in toleration of Indians

13. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
First written constitution in America.
Thomas Hooker leaving Massachusetts to found Connecticut

14. Patroon
Dutch Patroon
Large Dutch landowners who enforce their own laws on their land in New York

15. William Penn statue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Quakers
Christian religious group that believed in toleration.
William Penn statue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

16. Toleration Act
Law from 1649 that gave that gave rights to all Christians in Maryland.

17. Constitution
A written plan of government

18. Royal Colony
King James I of England
The King owns the colony