| A | B |
| 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 |