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16 Cards in this Set
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Puritans
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A religious group who migrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the 1630s. They wanted to reform the Church of England.
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General Court
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An elected assembly that governed the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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gave limited power to governor
all male property owners could vote--expanded the idea of representative government in the colonies. |
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Religious Tolerance
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The willingness to let others practice their own religious beliefs.
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Sabbath
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Holy day of rest-Sunday for Christians.
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town meeting
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where settlers discussed and voted on issues.
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Charles I
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King of England in 1625
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Puritans led the migration to this colony. The Puritans didn't want to separate from the Church of England; they wanted to reform it.
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Great Migration
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Some 15,--- men, women, and children journeyed from England to Massachusetts between 1629 and 1640.
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Boston
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The largest town in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Thomas Hooker
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A Puritan minister who founded Connecticut in May 1636. He felt the governor of MA Bay colony had too much power and wanted to set up a colony with strict limits on government.
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Hartford
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The first town in Connecticut.
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Roger Williams
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Massachusetts Bay Colony ordered this Puritan to leave. He fled and started a settlement which became Rhode Island.
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Anne Hutchinson
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She was ordered out of Massachussetts Bay Colony because she said that God spoke directly to her. She fled to Rhode Island.
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Metacom
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Another name for King Philip
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the common
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The center of new England villages. -an open field where cattle grazed near the meetinghouse.
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