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Separatists
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the advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group.
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William Bradford
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William Bradford (Plymouth governor) (1590–1657) ; military commander of Plymouth during King Philip's War
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Mayflower Compact
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The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the colonists, later together known to history as the Pilgrims
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Squanto
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Real name, Tisquantum. He was the Native American who assisted the Pilgrims after their first winter in the New World and was integral to their survival
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Puritan
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a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship
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John Winthrop
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obtained a royal charter, along with other wealthy Puritans, from King Charles for the Massachusetts Bay Company and led a group of English Puritans to the New World in 1630.
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Congregationalism
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system of beliefs and church government of a Protestant denomination in which each member church is self-governing
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Colonial regions-
New England, Middle, Southern, Chesapeake |
New England colonies- Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay
Middle- New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware Southern- The Carolinas, Georgia Chesapeake- Maryland, Virginia |
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Oliver Cromwell
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skilled general and puritan, governed england after the execution of Charles
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Joint stock company
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business organization in which scores of people could invest without fear of bankruptcy
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Richard Hakaluyt
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Promoted the settlement of North America through his novels and stories of expeditions
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Avarice
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extreme greed for material
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John Smith
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Traveled throughout Europe and fought with Hungary
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antinomianism
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The belief that the Gospel frees Christians from required obedience to any law, whether scriptural, civil, or moral, and that salvation is attained solely through faith and the gift of divine grace.
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Governor Nicolls
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commander of the british forces that took control of New York after the Dutch.
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Duke's Laws
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The Duke's Laws covered nearly every aspect of life on Long Island and were published in alphabetical order. they were the laws of the land.
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Peter Stuyvesan
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served as the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was taken by treaty to the English in 1664, after which it was renamed New York.
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George Fox
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was an English dissenter and a founder of the religious society commonly known as the Quakers.
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"freemen"
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is a term used generally as an English or American Colonial expression in Puritain times, which referred to men who were not under legal restraint.
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Roger williams
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was an American Protestant who studies religion, and the first American advocate of religious freedom and the seperation of church and state.
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Sir John Rolfe
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A Virginian tobacco farmer that had married Pocahontas
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Sir Edwin Sandys
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Led a faction of stockholders that began to pump life into the Virginia by instituting a series of sweeping reforms.
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Virginia Company
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A joint-stock corporation given a charter by King James I in 1606.
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Headright
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A 50-acre lot given to colonists who covered their own transportation cost to America.
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House of Burgesses
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An elective representative assembly in Virginia
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Sir George Calvert
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Wanted a settlement for persecuted Catholics in England.
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Lord Baltimore
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Was given a charter by Charles I for a settlement north of Virginia.
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James Oglethorpe
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a british general, a philanthropist, and the founder of Georgia
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The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina
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were adopted in March 1669 by the eight Lords Proprietor of the Province of Carolina, which included most of the land in between what is now Virginia and Florida
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True and Absolute Proprietors of Carolina
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Charles II reassigned the territory to eight court favorites, who became the "true and absolute Lords Proprietors" of Carolina.
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Charter of Liberties
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The Charter of Liberties, also called the Coronation Charter, was a written proclamation by Henry I of England, issued upon his ascension to the throne in 1100. It sought to bind the King to certain laws regarding the treatment of church officials and nobles
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William Penn
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was a British real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, and founder and "absolute proprietor" of the Province of Pennsylvania, the British North American colony and the future U. S. State of Pennsylvania.
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Anne Hutchinson
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was a pioneer settler in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Netherlands and the unauthorized minister of a dissident church discussion group. Hutchinson held Bible meetings for women that soon
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Roger Williams
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Williams: English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663
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