Colonial Era

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  1. 5. a Puritan dissenter who was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony
  2. 9. 1629 outbreak of accusations in a Puritan village
  3. 13. movement during the 1700's that spread the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society
  4. 14. led by Jonathan Edwards
  5. 15. the trip across the Atlantic Ocean where enslaved Africans became ill and died from bad conditions
  6. 16. colonies made to escape religious persecution
  7. 18. helped found and govern the first successful colony at Jamestown, Virginia
  8. 20. agreement before landing at Plymouth Bay in Massachusetts, Pilgrims agreed to accept majority rule and participate in a government in the best interest of all members of the colony
  9. 21. Spain claimed colony
  10. 22. "Lost Colony"
  11. 23. people who wanted to have a separate, or different church
  12. 24. the successful business of french settlers
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  1. 1. founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony
  2. 2. Colony that was heaven for Catholics
  3. 3. three motivating factors behind the European exploration and conquest
  4. 4. Why slaves were needed in Colonial America
  5. 6. the first elected legislative assembly
  6. 7. an English settler at Jamestown who married Pocahontas
  7. 8. Founded in 1607
  8. 10. country that founded Columbus' expedition
  9. 11. War between the French and English over control of the Ohio river
  10. 12. a religious group who settled Pennsylvania,led by William Penn
  11. 17. the meetings in colony's where settlers discussed and voted on issues
  12. 19. a system of trade designed to increase the wealth of a nation through exporting more than it imports
  13. 25. major cash crop