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Ch. 5 Vocabulary, "New England Colonies"

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They wanted to change religious practices in order to make the church more pure.Puritans
An official paper in which certain rights are given by a government to a person or business.charter
At the center of each Puritan village was the village green, known as what?common
To become skilled at one kind of job.specialize
The meetinghouse was also where the Puritans conducted all town buisness, and only men who owned property could vote.town meeting
People were elected to jobs for the community.public offices
To force a person to leave.expel
Government based on agreement of the settlers.consent
The use of speech or behavior that causes people to work against a government.sedition
Orders that mean "basic" written plan of government.fundamental
Land that lies beyond settled areas.frontier
All the business that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service.industry
Goods leaving a country.export
Goods brought into a country.import
Routes connected England, the English colonies in North America, and the west coast of Africa.Triangular Trade
Skilled craftworkers used logs to produce these stores, the products were used to build and repair ships.naval stores
A graph that uses a line to show changes over time.line graph
Puritan Minister, John Harvard, in Massachusetts Bay Colonly. He willed half his estate and 400 books to a college.Harvard University the nation's oldest institution of higher learning.
Why did problems develop between the New England colonists and the Native Americans. Why?The two groups had different understanding of land ownership.
The New England colonists used whale blubber to make what?lamp oil.
Why did the Puritans leave England?They wanted to change some religious practices to purify the Church of England.
What did Fundamental Orders allow landowning male colonists in Connecticut to do?To elect their government leaders.
What was required of people who live in Massachusetts Bay Colony?Follow Puritan beliefs.
Why was Anne Hutchinson expelled from the Puritan Church?She questioned the authority and teachings of Puritan ministers.
What did the triangular trade routes connect?England, the English colonies in North America, and the west coast of Africa.
How id England try to control colonial trading?By allowing the colonies to export goods only to England and other English colonies and to import goods only from England.
Who was a minister in Salem, Massachusetts before he founded Providence, Rhode Island?Roger Williams
Who led the first group of Puritans to New England?John Endecott
Who brought the second group of Puritans to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 and served as the governor several times?John Winthrop
Who founded Hartford, Connecticut with his followers?Thomas Hooker


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