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Puritan | people who wanted to reform or "purify" the church of England; settled in Massachusetts Bay |
Pilgrim | people who settle in distance lands for religious reasons; settled in Plymouth |
Jamestown | first permanent English settlement in the New World |
Representative Government | type of government in which voters (wealthy white Christian men) elect representatives to make laws for them |
Mayflower Compact | written in 1620 by Pilgrims on board the Mayflower to set up a government with rules and laws to live by |
New England Geographic Location | Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Poor, rocky soil |
New England Economy | wealth and economy was based on the forests and sea as farm land was limited |
New England Settlers | Settlers were mainly Puritans and Pilgrims to escape religious persecution |
Anne Hutchinson | forced to leave Massachusetts Bay because she held Bible meetings; symbol of religious freedom |
Middle Colonies Geographic Location | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware |
Middle Colonies Economy | wealth and economy based on manors with wheat, barley, and rye as cash crops & trade |
Middle Colonies Settlers | Settlers were relgiously and ethnically diverse |
William Penn | Quaker who founded Pennsylvania as a "Holy Experiment" |
Quaker | Religious people who believe in tolerance and equality for women, blacks, Native Americans; were "pacifists" = against war, settled in Pennsylvania |
"Breadbasket Colonies" | Middle Colonies nickname because they exported so much grain (wheat, rye, barley) |