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Puritans

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Were John Winthrop and his followers were part of a religious group

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John Winthrop

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A lawyer and a devout Christian, assured them that their new colony would set an example to the world

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General Court

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The assembly that Male church members elected representatives

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Great migration

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The movement of people where between 1629 and 1640, some 15000 men, women, and children journeyed from England to Massachusetts

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Thomas Hooker

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Puritan minister who led about 100 settlers out of Massachusetts bay

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Fundamental orders of Connecticut

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Was a plan of government wrote by the settlers

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Roger Williams

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Was a Puritan who challenged the leaders of Massachusetts bay

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Toleration

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Is a willingness take let others practice their own beliefs

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Anne Hutchinson

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She fled to Rhode Island. She was a devout Puritan that regularly attended church. She criticized the ministers teachings.

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Metacom

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Was a chief that led the Wampanoag Indians to attack villages throughout New England

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Common

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An open field where cattle grazed

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Sabbath

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Holy day of rest

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Town meetings

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When settlers discussed and voted on many issues

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John Winthrop

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A Puritan who set up the colony of Massachusetts bay.

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General court

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was an assembly of elected representatives

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Great migration

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Was the movement of people that journeyed from New England to Massachusetts.

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Thomas hooker

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He led about 100 settlers out of Massachusetts bay where they built a town on Connecticut River

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The fundamental orders of Connecticut

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A plan of government that gave the vote to all men who were property owners. Also limited governors power. Representative government in the English colonies.

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Roger Williams

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A Puritan who challenged the leaders of Massachusetts bay. He believed that the puritans church had too much power in Massachusetts.

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Toleration

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Willingness to let others practice their own beliefs.

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Anne Hutchinson

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She fl

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Mason Dixon line

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It divided the middle colonies and the southern colonies

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Lord Baltimore

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His Name was Cecil / Maryland

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Act toleration

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This act provided religious freedom for all Christians

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Bacons rebellion

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Nathaniel bacon and angry men and women. He raided Native American villages. He also burnt down the capital of Jamestown.

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James Oglethorpe

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Founded Georgia’s

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Debtors

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People who owed money they could not pay back

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Buffer

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Land located between two larger lands that reduces the possibility of conflict between them.

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Mary musgrove

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Greatly helped Oglethorpe by translating and helping him develop peac

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Plantation

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Large estate farmed by many workers

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Tidewater

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A region that the land was washed by ocean tides

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Slave codes

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Laws that set out rules for slaves behavior and denied slaves their basic rights

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Racism

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The belief that one race is superior to another