These Are Study Notes for United States History

1. Reformation- Religious movement in the 16th century Europe, reform the catholic church.
2. joint stock company- Business in which investors pool their wealth for a common purpose.
3. Jamestown- First colony established by John Smith.
4. indentured servants-People that came to the new world in exchange of the passage, they agreed to a limited term of servitude.
5. House of Burgesses- Virginia's colonial legislature.
6. Pilgrims- Group of people that fled from Holland and built the Plymouth plantation.
7. Puritans- A religious group that felt that the church had kept too much of the Catholic ritual and tradition.
8. Massachusetts Bay Colony- Colony established around the Massachusetts Bay.
9. Mercantilism- he theory in which a nation could increase its wealth and power in two ways; obtaining as much gold and silver possible, and establishing a balance of trade.
10. Navigation Acts-A series of laws made by Parliament to control trade in the colonies.
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