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Mayflower Compact |
Was signed by both Pilgrims and non-pilgrims. Agreed to make and follow laws. |
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Roger Williams |
Young Puritan minister in the village of Salem. Believed Puritan church in Mass had too much power and in religious tolerance. Fled to Narraganset Bay, and spent the winter with Indians. Built Rhode Island with land sold to him from Indians. Allowed complete religious freedom. |
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Proprietary Colony |
English colont in which the king gave land to propietors in exchange for a yearly payment. |
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Slave Code |
laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights. |
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Navigation Acts |
series of English laws in the 1650s, that regulated trade between English and its colonies. |
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Legislature |
group of people who have the power to make laws. |
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Enlightenment |
European thinkers of the late 1600s and 1700s believed that reason and scientific methods could be applied to the study of society. |