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Miles Standish
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Pilgrim military commander who attacked a group of Massachussetts Indians north of Plymouth.
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quitclaims
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documents in which the signor relinquish all claims to specified property
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Pequot War
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An armed conflict supported by the Massachusetts Bay Colony (trying to smash the Dutch) beween the Narragansett against the Pequot.
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Wampanoags
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Tribe that lived in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as well as within a territory that encompassed current day Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and the Elizabeth Islands.
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Oliver Cromwell
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Puritan leader that headed the commonwealth of England following the execution of King Charles in 1649
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"grammar" schools
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Schools established in Massachusetts towns of 100 families or more, that taught Latin.
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Harvard College
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College founded in 1636 in Massachusetts
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"bundling"
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Puritan custom where courting couples lay in bed together with their lower bodies wrapped in an apron, free to pet and caress
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Salem Witch Trials
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persecution of 342 New England women accused of witchcraft. The majority of the women were childless or widowed or had a reputation of independence (out of line with the norm)
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Thomas Hooker
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Cambridge minister who disagreed with Puritan Leaders over the extent of their authority, with followers founded Hartford and helped write the Fundamental Orders which marked the beginings of the Connecticut colony
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Fundamental Orders
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describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers. One of the world's first contitutions.
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Roger Williams
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notable desenter and proponent of religious toleration and the separation of church and state and an advocate for fair dealings with Native Americans. Banished from Massachussetts in 1636, purchased land from the Indians founding Providence (Rhode Isalnd)
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Anne Hutchinson
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Led religious discussion groups that criticized Boston ministers for a lack of piety.
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