New England And Middle Colonies
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 John Winthrop | Started the colony of Massachusetts for religious freedom. |
| John Wheelwright | He started the colony of New Hampshire for religious freedom. |
| Roger Williams | He bought land from Native Americans and named it Rhode Island he started the colony for religious freedom. |
| Thomas Hooker | He started the colony of Connecticut because he thought the government had too much power over people. |
| Duke of York | He got the land New Netherlands from Peter Stuyvesant and renamed it New York. |
| Peter Stuyvesant | He started the colony of New Netherlands he was so mean nobody wanted to help fight the English with him. |
| Lord John Berkely and Sir George Carteret | They started the colony of New Jersey so they could get profit from sales of land. |
| William Penn | He started the colony of Pennsylvania and got some of Delaware he gave home to Quakers and he started the Holy Experiment. |
| Separatists | They wanted to practice their own religion and not the Anglican Church they sailed over in the Mayflower. |
| Puritans | They also wanted to not follow the Anglican Church and came to America for religious freedom but punished anybody else who didn't practice their religion. |
| Mayflower Compact | A government in Plymouth it is representative. |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | First ever constitution it said what people had the power to do |
| Separation of Church and State | It means that the government cannot make a law on what religion you have to be. |
| Quakers | They believed that God saw everyone equally. |
| Patroons | People that got a lot of land if they brought over 50 settlers and could pay taxes whenever they wanted to. |
| Pacifists | They were against violence and didn't want to fight in any wars. |
| Proprietary Colony | It was a colony owned by someone who had to pay a fee to the king every year. |
| Melting Pot | Everybody switched their culture over to American culture. |
| Holy Experiment | William Penn's wish to prove that all faith couls live in one colony and be peaceful. |
| Great Migration | 15,000 people moved to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony | They had little toleration for other people's beliefs. |
| Providence | It was the first town in Rhode Island. |
| Philadelphia | A city planned by William Penn where there would be spaces between houses, green grass, and gardens. |
| Anne Hutchinson | She was kicked out of Boston because she said God spoke to her. |
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