British Invasion Vocab Flashcards
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an old or experienced sailor.
sea dogs
a fleet of warships
Spanish armada
the reservation of an aircraft, boat, or bus for private use.
charter
a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders.
joint-stock company
A “headright” is a legal grant of land to settlers
headright
Men, women, and sometimes children signed a contract with a master to serve a term of 4 to 7 years.
indentured servent
a person who is entitled to full political and civil rights.
freeman
An agreement reached by the Pilgrims on the ship the Mayflower in 1620, just before they landed at Plymouth Rock.
mayflower compact
A Crown colony, also known in the 17th century as royal colony, was a type of colonial administration of the British overseas territories.
Royal colony
British colony mostly in North America and the Caribbean in the 17th century.
proprietary colony
The Protestant Reformation was the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe
Protestant reformation
a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious
pilgrims
a member of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church of England under Elizabeth as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.
Puritans
a member of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian movement founded by George Fox circa 1650 and devoted to peaceful principles.
Quakers
of, relating to, or denoting the Church of England or any Church in communion with it.
Anglicans
