Chapter 1
Puritans
Group wanting to eliminate all Roman Catholic ritual from Church of England
Royal colony
A coming under direct control of the English monarch
Olive branch patition
A document sent by the second continental congress to King George 2, preposing a peace Between Great Britain and colonies
Joint stock company
Business in which investors pool wealth for a common purpose
Patriots
Colonists that supported american independence from Great Britain
Colonization
Establishment of outlying settlements by parent colonies
Quakers
Members of society that persecuted for beliefs
Minute man
Patriot civilian soldier just before and during revolutionary war pledged to be ready to fight at minutes notice
Indentured servant
Person contracted to work for another for limited period, often in return for a trip to new world
Martial law
Rule by military rather than civilian authority
Loyalists
Supported reign from England
Egalitarism
The belief that all people should have equal political, economic, social and civil rights
Profiteering
The selling of goods in short supply at inflated prices
Head right system
Virginias promise of granting 50 acres of land to any setting family per member