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Settling New England
Chapter 5 Lesson 1, 2, and 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Charter | official paper from the king or queen giving permission to start a colony |
| dissent | disagreement against the authorities |
| expel | force a person out |
| consent | agreement of the people or cooperation |
| sedition | speaking out in order to encourage people to work against the government |
| frontier | lands beyond the areas controlled by colonists |
| common | grassy area shared by the town's people |
| town meeting | meeting where colonies gathered to vote on laws and elect leaders |
| John Winthrop | led a second group of Puritans to settle the Massachusetts Bay colony that would be an example of Christian living. |
| Roger Williams | disagreed with Puritan leaders and wanted government to be separate from the church so he was expelled and went to Narragansett Bay |
| Anne Hutchinson | questioned Puritan teachings and was tried for sedition. She left to start a settlement on an island near Providence, RI |