AH Vocab. Dec 9-Jan 9, 2024

The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia in 1607.

English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia in 1607.

Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years.

Mistreatment or punishment of a group of people because of their beliefs.

A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.

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

English dissenters who broke from Church of England, preached a doctrine of pacificism, inner divinity, and social equity.

A written plan of government.

One of two joint-stock companies, along with the London Company, chartered with such a purpose as part of the Virginia Company. In form it was similar to the Company of Merchant Adventurers of London.

The first attempted European settlement in the Americas (1584). it ultimately failed.

English Puritans who founded Plymouth colony in 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. (1620)

A series of battles (1675) in New Hampshire between the colonists and the Wompanowogs, led by a chief known as King Philip. The colonists won with the help of the Mohawks, and this victory opened up additional Indian lands for expansion.

A Puritan woman who was well learned that disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony.

A dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island.