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The Thirteen Colonies
Social Studies-Higginson
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History
8th Grade
09/26/2011

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Charter
Definition
official document that gives certain rights to an individual or a group
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Pilgrim
Definition
person who takes a religious journey
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Squanto
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showed the Pilgrims how to plant corn, beans, and pumpkin
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John Winthrop
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led a voyage from England to North America
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Toleration
Definition
recognition that other people have the right to different opinions
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Roger Williams
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minister in Salem, he believed Puritans should split from the church of England, and they should pay Native Americans for land
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Thomas Hooker
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disagreed with Puritan leaders, and settled in present-day Conneticut, founded the town of Hartford
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Town Meeting
Definition
meeting in colonial New England during which the settlers discussed issues; form of direct democracy in which residents meet to make decisions for the community
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Metacom
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tried to stop Puritan expansion by a war, he destroyed 12 English towns before he was killed in 1676
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Proprietary Colony
Definition
English colony in which the king gave land to one or more owners in exchange for a yearly payment
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Royal Colony
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colony under direct control of the English crown
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William Penn
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Quaker leader,wanted Quakers to live safe from persecution. He got a charter for present-day Pennsylvania
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Nathaniel Bacon
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was a leader of the Frontier settlers who killed the Native Americans and burned down Jamestown
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Lord Baltimore
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got the assembly to pass the Act of Toleration in 1649. this gave Christians the right to vote and hold office
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James Oglethorpe
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founded Georgia as a place where debtors could start a new life
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Debtor
Definition
person who cannot pay his or her debts. under English laws, the government could imprison ____ until they paid what they owed
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