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Unit 3 Lesson 1
New England Colonies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Puritans | group of people who left England to make a more pure religion and church |
| Massachusetts Bay Company | company who owned land in New England and were given a charter to start a colony |
| supplies | Puritans brought more of this with them, unlike the Pilgrims |
| cows and horses | animals Puritans brought with them |
| warm weather | type of weather when Puritans arrived |
| Boston | Puritans' first settlement |
| covenant | contract between church and Puritan families |
| John Winthrop | first governor of Puritans |
| common | grassy area in the middle of a Puritan village |
| spun wool | chore for girls |
| made soap | chore for girls |
| cooked food for family | chore for girls |
| cut wood | chore for boys |
| cared for animals | chore for boys |
| worked on farms | chore for boys |
| Harvard | first college founded in the New World |
| Roger Williams | kicked out of colony-went on to start Rhode Island |
| Anne Hutchinson | held Bible studies in home and was kicked out of colony |
| Pequot | Native Americans living in Boston area |
| Pequot War | war in which colonists along with native allies attacked Pequot village at night |
| King Philip's War | war between colonists and Wampanoag |
| King Philip | what the English called Massasoit's son |