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US History 1.3


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John SmithSmith used his diplomatic and military skills to hold the Jamestown colony together.
JamestownThe colony that survived to become England's first permanent settlement in North America.
Indentured serventA person who has agreed to work for another for a limited period.
PuritanA member of a group that wanted to eliminate all traces of Roman Catholic ritual and traditions in the Church of England.
John WinthropA lawyer who would be the first governor of the massachusetts Bay Colony.
King Philip's Wara conflict, in the years 1675-1676, between New England colonists and Native American groups allied under the leadership of the Wampanoag chief Metacom
William Pennreceived land called Pennsylvania, or Penn's Woods from Charles II as payment of a debt to Penn's father
Quakera member of the Society of Friends, a religious group persecuted for its beliefs in 17th century England
mercantilisman economic system in which nations seek to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by establishing a favorable balance of trade
Navigation Actsa series of laws enacted by Parliament, beginning in 1651 to tighten England's control of trade in its aMerican colonies