American History I: Vocabulary Quiz 1.1 Name______

______: Colony founded in 1636 by Roger Williams and his supporters for religious freedom and separation of church from state after a disagreement with the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay.

______: Woman who preached the idea that God communicated directly to individuals instead of through the church elders. She was forced to leave Massachusetts and resettle in Rhode Island in 1637.

______: Colony founded in 1635 by Thomas Hooker and his followers for political and religious freedom after a disagreement with Massachusetts Bay.

______: A Puritan minister who led about 100 settlers out of Massachusetts Bay to Connecticut because he believed that the governor and other officials had too much power. He wanted to set up a colony in Connecticut with strict limits on government.

______: Headrights were parcels of land consisting of about 50 acres which were given to colonists who brought indentured servants into America. They were used by the Virginia Company to attract more colonists.

______: English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia

______: Colony founded by Lord Baltimore and other Catholics for religious freedom.

______: Given in 1630, this sermon established the idea that the Puritan had a special mission to build a model Christian community in the New World. Winthrop's speech marked the first expression of American Exceptionalism.

______: 17th century English corporations that pooled investors' money through the sale of stock to fund oversees exploration and trade and to establish colonies

______: Cash crop that made the Jamestown colony profitable

______: 1675 - A series of battles in New Hampshire between the colonists and the Wompanowogs, led by a chief known as King Philip. The war was started when the Massachusetts government tried to assert court jurisdiction over the local Indians. The colonists won with the help of the Mohawks, and this victory opened up additional Indian lands for expansion.

______: First war between English settlers in the Connecticut Valley and the Pequot Indians of the region. The natives were almost wiped out in the conflict. The English wanted more land so they were killing off the natives.

______: A dissenter, Roger Williams clashed with Massachusetts Puritans over the issue of separation of church and state. After being banished from Massachusetts in 1636, he traveled south, where he founded the colony of Rhode Island, which granted full religious freedom to its inhabitants.

______: First group of Puritan colonists to come to America seeking religious freedom; landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620 after crossing the Atlantic on the Mayflower

______: A town/colony in Massachusetts founded by the Pilgrims in 1620.

______: Established in 1619 at Jamestown. Was America's first elected legislature.

______: A Native-American woman (the daughter of the local chief, Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).

______: A religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England. They came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay.

______: First permanent English settlement in North America (1607), along the James River in Virginia; settlement was funded by a joint stock company (the Virginia Company); colonized by men to make a profit; key figure in settlement was John Smith

______: 1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony.

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