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