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US History Sowka ch2
US History Sowka 2
Term | Definition |
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Puritan | a member of a religious group known for its strict beliefs |
John Smith | a colonialist leader who forced his fellow colonists to farm |
Massachusetts Bay Colony | the second English settlement in North America founded by Puritans |
Royal Colony | a colony that is under direct control of the king |
Jamestown | the first English settlement in North America |
Bacon's Rebellion | an army made up of farmers led by a wealthy plantation owner to demand better treatment from the governor |
Roger Williams | set up a new colony in Rhode Island |
House of Burgesses | the first representative law making body of government |
Nathaniel Bacon | a planter that led a rebellion in 1676 against the governor of Virginia |
Indentured Servant | poor workers who exchanged labor for getting started in America |
Anne Hutchinson | Puritan dissenter who was forced to leave Mass and settled in Rhode Island |
Quakers | a religious group know for tolerance |
William Penn | founded Pennsylvania |