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head of persecuted religious sect, the Quakers, founder of pennsylvania

prosperous lawyer, governor, of Massachusetts Bay Colony for the first 2 decades, Puritan

settlers of Plymouth colony who viewed themselves as spiritual wanderers

new product after tobacco prices were dropping, those who grew it grew very wealthy, imported indentured servants for work, transformed west indies

first of New England settlements founded in 1620,

Mayflower Compact

document which bound all signers to abide by decisions of the majority in Plymouth colony

Anne Hutchinson

lived in Boston, had family, worked as a midwife, held religious meetings in her home and denounced several ministers, sent to trial for sedition and was found guilty and banished from MA

marketable product shipped to England after being grown in Virginia, shaped every aspect of Virginian society (patterns of settlement and recruitment of colonists), caused a large labor force which was the key to this farming

Joint Stock Co.

companies who sold shares to investors to raise money for colonization

The first settlement in America

Va. House of Burgesses

the legislature of colonial Virginia, made in 1619, first institution of representative government in English colonies

founders of MA that shared beliefs with pilgrims but insisted Anglican church could not be reformed, went to New England to created godly churches as models for English reform

Englishman sailing for the dutch in 1609, discovered Hudson River, voyage gave claim to Connecticut, Hudson, and Delaware valleys

Proprietary Colonies

colony created by English monarch granted huge tract of land to a group of individuals who became lord proprietor, example: Maryland

French explorer who in 1608 led expedition 130 miles up St. Lawrence River to found Quebec