Vocabulary Ch. 2-3
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| 7279908650 | Joint stock company | a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders | 0 | |
| 7279908651 | Virginia Company | First joint stock company in the colonies; founded Jamestown; promised gold, conversion of Indian to Christianity, and passage to the Indies | 1 | |
| 7279908652 | John Smith | English explorer, who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; leader of Jamestown | 2 | |
| 7279908653 | John Rolfe | Husband of Pocahontas; father of the tobacco industry | 3 | |
| 7279908654 | Maryland Act of Toleration | Toleration to all Christians; decreed the death penalty for those who denied the divinity of Jesus (Jews & atheists) | 4 | |
| 7279908655 | Barbados Slave Code | Code that defined a slaves' legal status & masters' prerogatives; gave masters control over their laborers | 5 | |
| 7279908656 | The Carolinas | Charles II gave land to nobles, who helped him regain power; North and South Carolina were created | 6 | |
| 7279908657 | Anne Hutchinson | Puritan dissenter who was banished from Massachusetts | 7 | |
| 7279908658 | Roger Williams | Puritan minister, who left Massachusetts, and established Rhode Island | 8 | |
| 7279908659 | Predestination | Calvin's religious theory that God has already planned out a person's life | 9 | |
| 7279908660 | New England Confederation | New England colonies of Plymouth, Mass Bay, Connecticut and New Haven formed a military alliance; limited powers to act on boundary disputes | 10 | |
| 7279908661 | Dominion of New England | British government combined the colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut into a single province headed by a royal governor | 11 | |
| 7279908662 | Mayflower Compact | The first agreement for self-government in America; set up a government in Massachusetts | 12 | |
| 7279908663 | King Philip's War | A series of battles between the colonists and the Wompanowogs, led by King Philip; War began when the Massachusetts government tried to assert court jurisdiction over local Indians. | 13 | |
| 7286740491 | Fundamental Orders | First written constitution, establishing a representative government consisting of a legislature elected by a popular vote and a governor chosen by that legislature | 14 |
