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SS Chpt 3 B
social studies vocab
Term | Definition |
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Pacifist | a person opposed to the use of guns, wars, or violence to settle disputes |
Patroon | a landowner in the Dutch colonies |
Persecute | to treat someone harshly because of that person's belief or practices |
Pilgrim | Separatists who journeyed to the English colonies |
Proprietary Colonies | the king gave colonies to be run by an individual or a group |
Puritans | Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church |
Quakers | a religious group that believed everyone was equal, killing was wrong, and slavery was wrong |
Roger Williams | set up the colony of Rhode Island which became the first English colony granting religious freedom |
Separatists | Protestants who left the Church of England to start their own churches |
Toleration | to be willing to put up with people different from oneself |
William Penn | a Quaker who was given the colony of Pennsylvania |
1609 - 1684 | dates most English Colonies started |
Mayflower Compact | first written agreement for self-government in the English colonies |