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What is a charter
A document issued by a government that grants specific rights to a person or company
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Who is Squanto
A Native American who brought the Pilgrims seeds of native plants and showed them how to plant them.
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John Smith
He was sent out from London to become the leader of the Jamestown colony.
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John Wheelright
He agreed with some of Anne Hutchinson's views which led to a move to what is now New Hampshire
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backcountry
A frontier region extending through several colonies between Pennsylvania and Georgia
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What is a town meeting
An assembly of townspeople that decides local issues.
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Who is Metacom
The chief of the Wampanoag, known as "King Philip" to the English.
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John Winthrop
He lead the puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Company, he was a landowner and lawyer
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William Penn
He wanted a place for Quakers to live and he was a personal friend of King Charles II.
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debtor
People who owe money
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What is a representative government
The form of government in which voters elect people to make laws for them.
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What are the poor living conditions and exposure to European diseases.
After Spanish missions were established the Native American population fell due to...
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Roger Williams
Other colonies were founded in New England because of a dispute about religion lead by...
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Nathaniel Bacon
He was a frontier settler who began attacking the Native Americans and was declared a rebel by the governor..
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plantation
A large farm
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What is toleration
The recognition that other people have the right to different opinions
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What is Jamestown
An early colony where food was expected to be furnished by the Native Americans while they searched for gold...
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Anne Hutchinson
She was put on trial and expelled from Massachusetts because she questioned some puritan teachings.
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Lord Baltimore
After his father's death he became proprietor of Maryland.
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borderland
Lands along a frontier
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What is a proprietary Colony
A colony created by a grant of land from a monarch to an individual or family
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Who were the Powhatan
The Native Americans who helped the people of Jamestown
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Thomas Hooker
He disagreed with some puritan teachings so this minister lead about 100 followers to settle what is today Connecticut.
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James Oglethorpe
Wanted a colony where there was protection for debtors, and the Georgia colony was formed
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pueblo
civilian town
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