Key Terms Native American People Colonial People Colonial People 2 Hodge-podge
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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.
100
John Smith
He was sent out from London to become the leader of the Jamestown colony.
100
John Wheelright
He agreed with some of Anne Hutchinson's views which led to a move to what is now New Hampshire
100
backcountry
A frontier region extending through several colonies between Pennsylvania and Georgia
200
What is a town meeting
An assembly of townspeople that decides local issues.
200
Who is Metacom
The chief of the Wampanoag, known as "King Philip" to the English.
200
John Winthrop
He lead the puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Company, he was a landowner and lawyer
200
William Penn
He wanted a place for Quakers to live and he was a personal friend of King Charles II.
200
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.
300
What are the poor living conditions and exposure to European diseases.
After Spanish missions were established the Native American population fell due to...
300
Roger Williams
Other colonies were founded in New England because of a dispute about religion lead by...
300
Nathaniel Bacon
He was a frontier settler who began attacking the Native Americans and was declared a rebel by the governor..
300
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.
400
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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