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Colonial History 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Massasoit | He was the sachem over the Iroquois |
| Metacom/ King Phillip | Son of Massasoit and grew up with the pilgrims |
| Squanto | Translated for the Pilgrims and Iroquois. Was taken to England as a slave and eventually made it back to America. |
| Puritans | Believed in purifying the Catholic Church |
| Separatists | Wanted to completely separate from the Catholic Church in England. |
| Indentured Servants | People brought from England willing to pay for their travels by servitude |
| Mayflower Compact | Created legal authority instead of stating that the government relied on God. |
| Absolutist/ Monarchist | Believed that government power derives from the consent of God |
| Powhatan Confederacy | Local tribe that taught the english how to plant crops and what crops to plant |
| Joint Stock Company | A group of investors who bought the right to establish New World plantations from the king |
| Jamestown | Second attempt to settle in America. Was funded bu joint stock companies |
| House of Burgesses | Established in Virginia, a place in which any property-holding, white male could vote |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony | Powerful colony established by Congregationalists. |
| John Winthrop | Led the "The Great Puritan Migration". |
| Roanoke Island/ Lost Colony | Englands first attempt to seetle in America. Entire colony disappeared after 3 years. Sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | sponsored a settlement on Roanoke Island |
| Roger Williams | Taught that church and state should be separate |
| Anne Hutchinson | believed that faith and God's grace are sufficient to earn a place among the erect |
| Oliver Cromwell | Ruled as the Lord Protector of England during the time period when emigration nearly halted |
| Native Americans/ Indians | People that populated North America. Believed to be the descendants of Asian migrants 20,000 to 40,000 years ago |
| Pequot War | Series of attacks between the English and Pequots resulting in the near destruction of the Pequots. |
| Maryland | A proprietorship colony. A.K.A. Land given to one person as a gift from the king. |