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Colonzation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Puritans | Wanted to purify the Church of England of everything Catholic |
| Jamestown | 1st permanent English settlement in colonial America |
| Proprietary Colony | Colony run by one private person |
| Royal Colony | Colony directly owned by the King |
| Joint Stock Company | Group/pool of private investors who put up $ to find New World colonies |
| John Rolfe | Colonist of Jamestown who married Pocahontas and created modern tobacco |
| John Winthrop | Governor of Mass Bay Colony who envisioned a "City on a Hill" |
| William Bradford | Early leader of Plymouth who left diaries describing the society |
| Theocracy | Government based on Religion |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony | Largest Colony and was a Puritan Theocracy |
| Mayflower Compact | Puritan idea that Mass. Bay Colony would be a shining example |
| "City on a Hill" | First set off English laws in colonial America |
| Columbian Exchange | The swapping of plants, animals, and diseases between the old world and new world |
| John Smith | Second leader of Jamestown; saved the colony; "if you do not work, you do not eat" |
| Columbus | Explorer who opened up the Americas to Europe |
| Myles Standish / John Carver | First leaders of Plymouth Colony |
| Separatists /"pilgrims" | People who wanted to separate from the Church of England |