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SS CHAPTER 3 B
VOCAB TERMS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mayflower Compact | First written agreement for self-government in the English colonies--based on the principle of majority rule. |
| Pacifist | A person opposed to the use or war or violence to settle disputes. |
| Patroon | A landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled like a king over large areas of land which he was given if he could bring 50 families over as tenant farmers. |
| Persecute | To treat someone harshly because of that person's beliefs or practices. |
| Pilgrim | Separatists who journeyed to the English colonies during the 1600's. |
| Proprietary Colonies | The king gave colonies that were then run by an individual or groups. |
| Puritans | During the 1600's, Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church. |
| Quakers | A religious group that believed everyone was equal, killing was wrong, and slavery was wrong; they settled in Pennsylvania. |
| Roger Williams | A Puritan minister who left Massachusetts and set up the colony of Rhode Island which became the first English colony granting religious freedom. |
| Separatists | During the 1600's, Protestants who left the Anglican Church in order to start their own churches; they came to New England Colonies. |
| Toleration | To be willing to put up with people different from oneself. |
| William Penn | A Quaker who was given the colony of Pennsylvania in which he tried to put the Quaker beliefs into practice. |
| 1609-1684 | Dates most English Colonies started. |