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| Great Migration | a movement of people during the 1630's religious persecution and economic hard times in England drove more than 15,000 Puritans to journey to Massachusetts |
| New England Company | Formed in 1628 by a group of wealthy puritans that charter the Massachusets bay colony |
| John Winthrop | A well educated puritan who was named to be the Massachusets governor |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | The first written constitution in America, it described the organization of government in detail |
| Roger Williams | A minister, who was one of the first to be pushed out of Massachusetts, for religious beliefs |
| Anne Hutchinson | tried for heresy, since she spoke out against church officials |
| William Bradford | leader and historian on the Mayflower |
| Mayflower Compact | Pledged loyalty to England and declared their intention of forming "a civil body politic, for out better ordering and preservation" |
| Squanto and Samoset | Two Native Americans who befriended the colonists whent they first arrived |
