| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Duke of York | owner of New York gave land to his friend to start New Jersey |
| James Oglethorpe | founded Georgia as refuge for debtors |
| William Penn | owner of Pennsylvania - Quaker offered freedom to everyone including Native American |
| Peter Stuyvesant | "Grumpy" Governor of New Netherlands - surrendered to England and it became New York |
| Nathaniel Bacon | Leader of rebellion in Jamestown |
| John Smith | Leader of Jamestown settlement said "Those that shall not work not shall eat" |
| Roger Williams | founder Rhode Island - Kicked out of Massachusetts for preaching against Puritan belief |
| King Philip | Indian Chief - real name Metacon - led King Philip's War |
| Lord Baltimore | Proprietor of Maryland - a refuge for Chatolics - religious freedom for all |
| Anne Hutchinson | Kicked out of Massachusetts - went to Rhode Island - preached against Puritan belief |
| Mayflower Compact | direct democracy - created by men on the MAyflower.... Will follow laws that are best for society |
| The Great Migration | thousands of Puritans moving from England to America |
| Quakers | religious group that believed all people should live in peace - prosecuted by Puritans |
| Virginia House of Burgesses | 1st Representative Legislature [Self Government] |
| overseer | the person who supervised the slaves work |
| smuggling | illegal trade |
| subsistence farming | farming that brings no profit - for eating only |
| cash crop | crops drown for profit |
| Jamestown | 1st permanent English settlement - 1/2 people died during first winter - success of Joint Stock Company - fought with Indian Population - bad water |
| Plymouth | 1st permanent New England settlements - 1/2 people died during 1st Winter - They got along with Indians |
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