Mayflower Compact

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Charter Colony

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set up when a group of people (normally a company) was given the right to a certain piece of land in a contract. They normally had a lot of independence and could make their own rules.

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Royal Colony

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set up by England where the King set up a Royal Governor.

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Proprietary Colony

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given to a person or family, who could make laws and appoint officials as he or they pleased.

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New England Colonies: South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia; New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia; Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin; Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire

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Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire

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Southern Colonies: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

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Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

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Middle Colonies: Massachusetts, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Georgia

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New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

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Persecute

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To subject someone to hostility and ill-treatment.

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Religious freedom

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The right to practice any religion or none at all.

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Separatists

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a person who supports the separation of a particular group of people from a larger body on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or gender

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Primary Source

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a first-hand or contemporary account of an event or topic