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Pilgrim | a person who makes a religious journey |
Separatist | puritans who wanted to break with the Church of England |
Proclamation Line of 1763 | the (royal order) line running along the Appalachian Mountains prohibiting colonists from moving west |
Jamestown Colony | Colony in Virginia -1st self government created |
Plymouth Colony | Massachusetts colony where Pilgrims started self government |
House of Burgesses | beginning of self government - representative legislature (law making) |
Virginia Company | English company that wanted more laborers for tobacco production (profits) |
Great Migration | 1629-1640 when 20,000 + puritans sailed to New England |
John Winthrop | Puritan Leader in Massachusetts Bay colony |