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New England Colonies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| great migration | the movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural of the Southern United States |
| Massachusetts Bay Company | an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, situated around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston |
| Commonwealth | a group of sovereign states and their dependencies associated by their own choice and linked with common objectives and interests |
| Separatists | a person who withdraws or separates from an established church |
| Pilgrims | a person who journeys a long distance to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion |
| Mayflower Compact | an agreement to establish a government, entered into by Pilgrims in the cabin of the Mayflower on November 11, 1620 (11/11/1620) |
| Subsistence Farming | poor farmer |
| export | sending supplies, selling them |
| import | getting supplies, bringing them in |
| triangular trade | middle passage (slaves) West Africa, Indies, and British Colonies |
| metacomet | Native American |
| meeting house | served as the church, and used to talk about town problems (government) |
| charter | to give someone permission of a business to start a colony |
| naval stores | articles or materials used in shipping (ships) |
| toleration | to practice tolerating something, in particular differences or opinion or behavior |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | the orders describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers |
| constitution | a body of fundamental principles |
| who is John Winthrop? | representative of Massachusetts Bay Company. founder and later governor of Mass. |
| William Bradford? | second governor of Mass. Pilgrims were led by him |
| John Carver? | first governor of Mass. Puritans were led by him |
| Anne Hutchinson? | Mass, born Anne Marbury, was a Puritan spiritual adviser, mother of 15, and an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy that shook the infant Massachusetts Bay Colony. had firm religious beliefs |
| Samoset? | Mass, a native american who introduced the English to the Massasoit Chief, made peace with settlers |
| Squanto | Mass, a Wampanog, he taught the pilgrims how to survive in their new home. taught them how to hunt, plant corn, catch fish.Made peace with settlers. was a "special instrument from God" |
| reasons founded for Mass | religious freedom |
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