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American Colonies
The American coloni
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. Mayflower Compact | 1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony. |
William Bradford | A Pilgrim, the second governor of the Plymouth colony, 1621-1657. He developed private land ownership and helped colonists get out of debt. He helped the colony survive droughts, crop failures, and Indian attacks. |
Pilgrims and Puritans contrasted | The Pilgrims were separatists who believed that the Church of England could not be reformed. Pilgrims fled to America and settled in Plymouth. They received a right to settle in the Massachusetts Bay area from the King of England. |
Massachusetts Bay Colony | 1629 - King Charles gave the Puritans a right to settle and govern a colony in the Massachusetts Bay area. The colony established political freedom and a representative government. |
Cambridge Agreement | 1629 - The Puritan stockholders of the Massachusetts Bay Company agreed to emigrate to New England on the condition that they would have control of the government of the colony. |
Puritan migration | Many Puritans emigrated from England to America in the 1630s and 1640s. During this time, the population of the Massachusetts Bay colony grew to ten times its earlier population. |
Church of England (Anglican Church) | The national church of England, founded by King Henry VIII. It included both Roman Catholic and Protestant ideas. |