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Colonzation
Question | Answer |
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Puritans | Wanted to purify the Church of England of everything Catholic |
Jamestown | 1st permanent English settlement in colonial America |
Proprietary Colony | Colony run by one private person |
Royal Colony | Colony directly owned by the King |
Joint Stock Company | Group/pool of private investors who put up $ to find New World colonies |
John Rolfe | Colonist of Jamestown who married Pocahontas and created modern tobacco |
John Winthrop | Governor of Mass Bay Colony who envisioned a "City on a Hill" |
William Bradford | Early leader of Plymouth who left diaries describing the society |
Theocracy | Government based on Religion |
Massachusetts Bay Colony | Largest Colony and was a Puritan Theocracy |
Mayflower Compact | Puritan idea that Mass. Bay Colony would be a shining example |
"City on a Hill" | First set off English laws in colonial America |
Columbian Exchange | The swapping of plants, animals, and diseases between the old world and new world |
John Smith | Second leader of Jamestown; saved the colony; "if you do not work, you do not eat" |
Columbus | Explorer who opened up the Americas to Europe |
Myles Standish / John Carver | First leaders of Plymouth Colony |
Separatists /"pilgrims" | People who wanted to separate from the Church of England |