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The American Journey 2-1
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History
8th Grade
09/12/2012

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Samuel de Champlain
Definition
French exxplorer who set of a trading post called Quebec in 1608.
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charter
Definition
the right to organize a settlement
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burgesses
Definition
representatives from among the men who owned land in Virginia
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Mayflower Compact
Definition
A formal document the Pilgrims signed to set up a civil government. Also promised to obey the laws passed "for the general good of the colony."
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Constitution
Definition
Formal pllan of government. America's was the first.
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Roger Williams
Definition
Believed people should be free to follow their consciences in religious matters. Church and government should be totally separate. Believed it was wrong to take land from Native Americans. Banished from Mass.
Set up Rhode Island in 1644
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toleration
Definition
acceptance of different believes
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dissernters
Definition
people who disagreed with established views.
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New England Colonies
Definition
Massachusetts, Virginia, Connecticut, Rhode Island
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Middle Colonies
Definition
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland
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persecuted
Definition
treated harshly due to their religious beliefs
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William Penn
Definition
Wealthy English Quaker. Received lands from king as payment for debt.
Saw Pennsylvania as a "holy experiment" for values of tolerance and equality.
Sailed in 1682 to oversee building on Philadelphia.
Paid native americans for land.
Allowed colonists to elect representatives to legislative assembly.
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diversity
Definition
variety (of religious beliefs)
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debtors
Definition
people who are unable to pay their debts.
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