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Anne Hutchinson: believed that a person could worship God without the help of a church minister or Bible.
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Bacon's Rebellion: a revolt against powerful colonial authority in Jamestown by Nathaniel Bacon and group of landless frontier settlers that resulted in the burning of Jamestown in 1676
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charter: a written contract issued by a government giving the holder the right to establish a colony
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Duke of York: suggested to frive the cutch out of New Netherland
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut: a set of laws that were established in 1639 by a Puritan congregation who had settled in the Connecticut Valley and that expanded the idea of representative government
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Great Migration: the movement of Puritans from England to establish settlements around the world including 20.000 who sailed for America; the movement of African Americans between 1910 and 1920 to northern cities from the south
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House of Burgesses: created in 1619 the first representation assembly in the American colonies
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indentured servant: a person who sold his or her labor in exchange for passage to America
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James Oglethorpe: founded Georgia as a refuge for debtors.
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Jamestown: the first permanent English settlement in North America.
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John Smith: a soldier and adventurer who took control of Jamestown
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joint-stock company: a business in which investors pool their wealth in order to turn a profit
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King Philip's War: a war between the PUritan colonies and Native Americans in 1675-1676
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Mayflower Compact: an agreement established by the men who sailed to America on the Mayflower which called for laws for the good of the colony and set forth the idea of self government
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patroon: a person who brought 50 settlers to New Netherland and in return received a large grant and other special privileges.
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Peter Stuyvesant: the new governor of New Netherland in 1647
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Pilgrims: a member of the group that rejected the Church of England sailed to America and founded the Plymouth Colony in 1620.
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proprietary colony: a colony with a single owner
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Puritans: a member of a group from England that settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 and sought to reform the practices of the church of England
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Quaker: a person who believed all people should live in peace and harmony; accepted different religions and ethnic groups
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Roger Williams: a minister in Salem, Massachusetts who founded the first Baptist church in America
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royal colony: a colony ruled by governors appointed by a king
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William Penn: large landowner in America who was born into a wealthy English family and joined the Quakers and was attacked for his Quakers beliefs