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William Penn
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founded Pennsilvania, recieved charter from Charles 2. Safe place for Quakers.
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John Winthrop
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first governer of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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James Ogelthorpe
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got a charter for the colony of Georgia, and made it a refuge for unemployed debtors just released from prison. Outlawed slavery in Georgia thus, it would dissuade rich people from comming.
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Anne Hutchingson
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exlied from the Massachusetts Bay Colony because of her religious beliefs
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Thomas Hooker
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left the Massachusetts Bay Colony with his followers to found Connecticut. "father of democracy". Founded the Fundemental Orders of Connecticut
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Roger Williams
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banned from the Massachusetts Bay Colony because he supported religious toleration and the rights of Native Americans, he founded Providense with his followers and later got a charter and made New Hampshire.
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Cecilius Calvert (Lord Baltimore)
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Calvert recieved a charter from King Charles to make a colony. Calvert intended the colony to be a refuge for many English Catholics, he named it Maryland.
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Great Migration
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a mass migration of 40 thousand people moving from England to the Colonies
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"The Holy Experiment"
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is when William Penn tried to make a refuge for Quakers and make a colony with religious tolerance and have eqality. Is one of the examples of self-government.
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Dissenters
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people who disagree with official opinions
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Catholics (Maryland)
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seeked refuge in Maryland because of relegious persecution
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Toleraion Act of 1649
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a law that made resticting religious right of Christians a crime. first law in America that supported religious toleration, writen by Lord Baltimore
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Puritans
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a protestant group wanted to purify the church of England, they thought that the Bishops and priest had to much power over the the church members
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Quakers
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Society of Friends, largest religious groups in New Jersey, belived everyone had an inner-light and practiced religious tolerance, and non-violence for all peoples. Thus, were persecuted in both England and in the American Colonies, (except Pennsilvania)
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Parliament
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England's nation legislature, or lawmaking body, is made up of two houses or groups (bicameral legislature)
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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a set of rules that made Connecticut more democratic, allowed males who where not church members to vote
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Conformity
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The act or state of agreeing or conforming
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Representative Government
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a system in which people elect their lawmakers (representatives), who are then held accountable to them for their activity within government. a rebuplicanism
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Toleration
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Official recognition of the rights of individuals and groups to hold dissenting opinions, especially on religion
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Pacifism
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opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes, bieng peaceful
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Social Outcasts
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One that has been excluded from a society or system, the worst punishment in a Puritan life, where some of the first accused witches in the Salem Witch trials
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Assemblies
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A group of persons gathered together for a common reason, as for a legislative, religious, educational, or social purpose
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Town Meetings
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a gatherig open to the public to disucc commuinty issues, such as school fees, ownership and use of unsettled lands
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Governors
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someone who governs over a town, colony
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New England Colonies
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Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island
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4 colonies
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Middle Colonies
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New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Delaware
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4 colonies
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Southern Colonies
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Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
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7 colonies
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