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who founded the colony of boston

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john winthrop

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when was boston founded

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1620

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why did the Puritans that settled in boston come to the new world

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to create the city upon a hill/ a model city

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who was the leader of the colony of boston

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john winthrop

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who founded the colony of Plymouth

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william bradford

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why did the separatists come to the new world

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they came seeking religious freedom

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when was plymouth established

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1620

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who was the leader of the colony of plymouth

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william bradford

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what did the people of boston do for a living

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fishing
farming
wood working

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what did the people of plymouth do for a living

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fishing
farming
woodworking

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when was Rhode Island founded

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1636

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who founded Rhode Island

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roger williams

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why was Rhode Island created

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it was established to find a separation between church and state
and for religious freedom

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who was the leader of Rhode Island

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roger williams

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what did the people of Rhode Island do for an occupation

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farming
livestock
woodworking

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when was Connecticut founded

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1634

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why was connecticut founded

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to expand the borders of the Massachusetts bay colony and to form a city that would protect the rest from attacks from the native americans

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who founded connecticut

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john winthrop jr.

rev. thomas hooker

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who were the leaders of the colony of connecticut

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john winthrop jr and thomas hooker

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what did the people of connecticut do for a living

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fishing
woodworking
trade

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when was New Hampshire founded

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1638

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why did people come to New Hampshire

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they came for religious freedom and because of the colony’s success in fishing and trading

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who founded New Hampshire

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john wheelwright later captured by the mass bay colony then later split away.

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what did the people of new Hampshire do for a living

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trading
fishing
woodworking

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was jamestown successful

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yes it was the first successful english settlement in the new world

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who founded jamestown

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john smith

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who took over while john smith was away

what were the names of his laws

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thomas dale

dale codes-martial law

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who was injured in an explosion

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john smith

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what was the name of the first official meeting of government in america

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the house of burgesses

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where was the house of burgesses

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in jamestown

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how many reps. were there from each plantation at the house of burgesses

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2

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what were the pilgrims called before they sailed to the new world

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the seperatists

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where did the pilgrims sail to First in search for religious freedom

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holland

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what was the major difference between separatists and puritans

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the separatists were once apart of the Church of England then totally separated themselves from the Church of England so because they felt that they could start from scratch and build a great church

Puritans felt that they could purify the Church of England by taking all of the teachings of the Catholic Church out and putting new teachings in.

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who played a key role in the survival of the colony of Quebec and made 11 trips there and back

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Samuel de Champlain

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what did henry hudson do

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he tried to find the north west passage and failed but did discover the Hudson River

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who was john winthrop

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john was a Puritan lawyer who was the governor of the colony of boston he wanted to build a city upon a hill

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what was the great migration

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it was a span of 10 years that started in 1630 and ended in 1640. during this time 20000 people came to boston looking to live in the usa

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who was roger williams and what got him in trouble and what did he believe

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roger williams came to boston and was upset that they just stole the land from the native americans instead of buying it he also believed in the seperation of church and state. so before becoming captured he fleed to Rhode Island and established his ideal colony there. this included the purchasing of land from the native americans and the seperation of church and state. he also set up the first baptist church along with later searching the world for the answers to the questions he had

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ann hutchinson

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she believed that you could interpret the bible yourself and that you didnt need the priests to tell you and most of the priests she said were frauds. she said she received this info from the revelation she had and fleed to Rhode Island then after her husbands death she went to ny where she was eventually killed

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who was john winthrop jr

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he was the governor of the colonies of connecticut and New Hampshire

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who was john wheelwright

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he founded the colony of New Hampshire

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