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John Winthrop | leader of the religious group, the Puritans; first governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony |
Puritans | religious group that wanted to reform the Church of England |
General Court | representative assembly in the Massachusetts Bay Colony |
Great Migration | time between 1629-1640 when over 20,000 men, women, and children journeyed from England to MA |
toleration | willingness to allow people to practice their own beliefs |
Roger Williams | Puritan who left Massachusetts Bay for Rhode Island and practiced his own religious beliefs |
Anne Hutchinson | person who held her own Bible meetings at her house and also told people that God spoke directly to her |
Metacom | chief of the Wampanoag Indians who attacked colonial villages throughout New England |
Fundamentals Orders of Connecticut | government in CT that gave all men the right to vote who were property owners; limited the government's power |