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Colonial Era
The settlers who came to North America in the 1600s and 1700s.
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10th Grade
09/06/2012

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Anne Hutchinson
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Puritan women who found refuge in Rhode Island after refusing to follow the New England Way.
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Mayflower Compact
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established a self-governing colony based on the majority rule of male church memebers.
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William Penn
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Founded Pennsylvania.
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Roger Williams

 

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minister who believed in strict separation of the church and state. Founded Rhode Island.
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Quakers
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memebers of a Protestant sect that rejected weath and clergy.
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Middle Passage
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voyage with African Americans across the Atlantic Ocean 
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Separatists
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pilgrims who had broken with the Anglican Church.
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Powhatan
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local American Indians who helped te settlers in Jamestown from disaster.
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John Winthrop
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English Puritan leader who settled in North America from religious freedom. He was the first govenor.
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Nathanial Bacon
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farmer who raised an army of western settlers and attacked American Indians on the frontier.
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Puritans
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protestants who had wished to "purify" the Anglican church of all Catholic rituals and traditions.
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John Smith
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adventurous explorer, mapmaker, and soldier who was president of the council of the settlers in 1608.
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Pocahontas
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the favorite daughter of the Wahunsonacock, who gave invaluable help to the English colonists.
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Thomas Hooker
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minister who left MA because of religious differences with Puritan leaders and commonwealth and founded Connecticut.
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James Oglethrope
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Founded Georgia. 
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Indentured Servant
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colonist who recieved free passage to North America in exchange for working those who paid for a certain number of years.
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Pilgrim 
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Separatists who left England because of religious conflict.
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