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pilgrims
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member of a group of English Puritans fleeing religious persecution who sailed in the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620.
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separates
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cause to move or be apart
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puritans
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a person who is strict in moral or religious
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William Bradford
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United States printer (born in England) whose press produced the first American prayer book and the New York City's first newspaper
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Mayflower compact
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an agreement to establish a government, entered into by the Pilgrims in the cabin of the Mayflower on November 11, 1620.
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squanto
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North American Indian of the Narragansett tribe: interpreter for the Pilgrims.
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Great migration
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the movement of 6 million blacks out of the Southern United States to the Northeast, Midwest and West from 1910 to 1930.
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John Winthrop
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was a wealthy English Puritan lawyer, and one of the leading figures in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the first major settlement in New England after Plymouth Colony.
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New England Way
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was a wealthy English Puritan lawyer, and one of the leading figures in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the first major settlement in New England after Plymouth Colony.
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Thomas Hooker
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was a prominent Puritan colonial leader, who founded the Colony of Connecticut after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts.
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fundamental orders of connecticut
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The orders describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers
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Roger Williams
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was an English Protestant theologian who was an early proponent of religious freedom and the separation of church and state.
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Anne hutchinson
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was one of the most prominent women in colonial America, noted for her strong religious convictions, and for her stand against the staunch religious orthodoxy of 17th century Massachusetts
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Celcilius Calvert
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was an English peer who was the first proprietor of the Province of Maryland.
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