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11 Cards in this Set
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New England Colonies
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English colonies which became the states of Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusettes,Vermont New Hampshire and Maine
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sachem
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a native american leader
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King Philip's war
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war beginning in 1675 between english colonists and native americans
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religious tolerence
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idea that people of different religions should live in peace together
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Pequot War
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war between English settlers and Pequot Indians in 1637
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salem witch trials
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the prosecution and execution of 20 women and men for witchcraft in Massachusettes in 1692
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Pilgrim
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one of the group of english seperists who etsablished plymouth colony in 1620
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Great Migration
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migration of english settlers to massachusettes bay colony beginning in the 1630's
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Mayflower Compact
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Agreement in which settlers of Plymouth Colony agreed to obey their gov. laws
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Puritan
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a person who favored the purification of England's Angelic Church
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Persecute
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to oppress someone because of his or her beliefs
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