AMH 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 38: Protestantism, Protestant Reformation, Puritans
28 Mar 2018
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A business enterprise that enabled investors to pool money for commerce and funding for colonies. Many people could invest without fear of bankruptcy. The london company in virginia was the first one. Authorized the london company to establish plantations in virginia. First european colony in north america (st. augustine was first settlement) Was hired by the virginia company to assist in the establishment of its new colony jamestown. The elective representative assembly in colonial virginia. System of land distribution in which settlers were granted a 50-acre plot of land from the colonial government for each servant or dependent they transported to the new world. Encouraged the recruitment of a large servile labor force. Agreement among pilgrims aboard the mayflower in 1620 to create a civil government in plymouth colony. Members of a reformed protestant sect that insisted on removing all vestiges of catholicism from religious practice. Migration of 16000 puritans from england to the massachusetts bay colony during the 1630"s.
