US History - Chapter 2 Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. A specific group of Separatists who traveled to America on the Mayflower seeking religious freedom.
  2. 4. An English soldier and explorer who played a significant role in the early days of the Jamestown colony in Virginia.
  3. 5. A settlement established by religious groups to convert people to their religion, often including a church.
  4. 6. company A business entity where different investors can buy shares and fund a project, like establishing a colony.
  5. 9. An agreement made by the Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower to create a government for their new colony.
  6. 12. The first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America, established in Virginia.
  7. 13. The title held by the founder of the Maryland colony, named Cecil Calvert, who promoted religious tolerance.
  8. 14. A person appointed to govern a country or province on behalf of a king or queen.
  9. 15. A colony ruled directly by the king or queen through appointed governors.
  10. 16. Someone who tries to spread their religion to other people, often in different countries.
  11. 17. People who wanted to separate from the Church of England to form their own independent congregations.
  12. 19. A member of a religious group that believes in direct experience with God and equality for all people.
  13. 20. A military fort built by the Spanish in the Americas to protect their settlements.
  14. 24. A city in Canada, originally founded by the French.
  15. 25. A Native American tribe in Virginia, also the name of their leader when English settlers arrived.
  16. 27. A religious leader who founded Rhode Island for its policy of religious tolerance, separating church and state.
  17. 28. A revolt in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
  18. 29. The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, known for his vision of a "city upon a hill."
Down
  1. 1. The founder of Pennsylvania, known for promoting religious freedom and treating Native Americans fairly.
  2. 2. A conflict in the 1670s between Native Americans and English settlers in New England, named after the Wampanoag leader Metacom, also known as King Philip.
  3. 6. The founder of the Georgia colony, who aimed to provide a place for debtors and the poor.
  4. 7. A legal document that grants rights and privileges to a person or organization, often used to establish a colony.
  5. 8. de bois French fur traders who traveled into Native American territories to trade for furs.
  6. 10. The leader of the Wampanoag tribe during King Philip’s War, who resisted English colonization.
  7. 11. A member of a religious group in England that sought to purify the Church of England and believed in strict religious discipline.
  8. 16. A person of mixed European and Indigenous American ancestry.
  9. 18. A colony granted by the king to a specific person or group, who has full governing rights.
  10. 21. de Champlain A French explorer known as the "Father of New France" for his role in establishing Quebec and exploring parts of Canada.
  11. 22. People of mixed Indigenous and French Canadian ancestry, historically linked to the fur trade.
  12. 23. A Puritan woman who challenged the religious authorities in Massachusetts and was eventually banished.
  13. 26. Passage A sea route through the Arctic that European explorers sought to find to connect Europe to Asia.