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29 Cards in this Set
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a group of Separatists who were punished; left England to escape this persecution and moved to the Netherlands. came back to england because their children were losing English tradition. finally settled in Virginia
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Pilgrims
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people who came to a new country after leaving the land of their birth
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immigrants
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Pilgrim leader that was in charge of the Mayflower
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William Bradford
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contract the men in the Mayflower signed because they landed outside the boundaries of their Engish charter. agreed to have fair laws to protect the general good. first attempts at self-government
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Mayflower Compact
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american indian who spole broken english
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Samoset
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Patuxet Indian Pilgrims were introduced to. taught Pilgrims how to fertalize soil with fish remains and helped them establish relations with Massasoit the chief of the local Wampanoag Indians.
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Squanto
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people who disagree with official opinions
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dissenters
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mass migration or thousands of English people to the Americas because of economic, political, and religious problems
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Great Migration
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Massachusetts Bay Colony's governor who wrote a speech about Puritans' goals
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John Winthrop
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sacred agreement
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covenant
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a minister who left Massachusetts with his folowers to found Connecticut "Father of American democracy"
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Thomas Hooker
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a set of principals that Hooker helped draft that made Connecticut's government more democratic. let men who weren't church members vote.
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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minister who disagreed with the leadershp of Massachusetts. called his church to compleatly separate from other New England congregations. he also criticized the General Court for taking land from the American Indians without paying. founded a new settlement called Providence which later became the colony of Rhode Island
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Roger Williams
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she angered Puritan leaders by publicly discussing religious ideas that some leaders thought radical. believed that god speaks directly to people apart from the bible. she was put on trial and they forced her to leave the colony. she helped found the colony of Portsmouth
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Anne Hutchinson
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owners that controlled the government
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proprietors
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King Charles 1 gave him a charter to foud a new colony. also known as Lord Baltimore. colony was intended to be a refuge for English Catholics. named southern colony Maryland in honor of England's queen. never visited the colony that he founded
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Cecilius Calvert
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bill that made restricting the religious rights of Cristians a crime. one of the first laws supporting religious tolerance
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Toleration Act of 1649
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he took control of New York . experienced soldier with a wooden leg who ruled the clony as a dictator
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Director General Peter Stuyvesant
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society of friends that made up one of the largest religious groups in New Jersey. founded by George Fox, believed that all people had an "inner light" that could help the experience god. rejected formal relgious practices and dressed plainly. supported nonviolence as well as religious tolerance for all people. persecute in both England and American colonies
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Quakers
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a proprietor of the New Jersey colony who wished to found a larger colony under his own control that would provide a safe home for Quackers. granted a charter to begin a colony west of New Jersey; Pennsylvania
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William Penn
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recieved permission to start a colony for poor English citizens who had been jailed for unpaid debts. founded the city of Savannah. he outlawed slavery and limited the size of land grants, gave poor colonists free passage to Georgia. settlers grew unhappy with these rules, he finally gave up his charter and the english government made Georgia a royal colony with new laws.
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James Oglethorpe
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special forms that allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods
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writs of assistance
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same as the sons of liberty but with women
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daughters of liberty
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information giving only one side in an argument designed to influence public opinion
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propaganda
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when a British soldier standing guard got into a fight with a colonist. a crowed gathered and threw snowballs and shourted insults at the guard. the mob grew louder and then suddenly the soldiers fired into the crowd killing several colonists.
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Boston Massacre
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officer of the soldiers in the Boston Massacre
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Thomas Preston
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defended the soldiers in the Boston Massacre when they were charged with murder
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Josiah Quincy and John Adams
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owner of the Liberty ship
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John Hancock
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colonists disguised as American Indians snuck onto three tea filled ships and dumped the chests into the Boston Harbor
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Boston Tea Party
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