Chapter 5 Vocabulary European Exploration and Colonization

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Mainly located in North and Central America, including the Caribbean and Spanish East Indies.

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New Spain

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Puritan preacher who fled Massachusetts after his views on religious observance became too extreme for the colonists. Rhode Island formed as a combination of Providence and Portsmouth.

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Roger Williams

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A Quaker that founded Pennsylvania to establish a place where his people and others could live in peace and be free from persecution.

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William Penn

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A colony founded by the Dutch in the New World. (Hint: New York)

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New Netherland

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The Spanish government issued the settlers the right to demand taxes or labor from people living on the land.

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Ecomiendas

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Founded the colony of Maryland and offered a safe haven for Catholics.

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Lord Baltimore

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1620- The first agreement to self-government in America.

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Mayflower Compact

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First written constitution in America

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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First permanent English colony in North America, founded in Virginia.

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Jamestown

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Well educated; outspoken person that was kicked out of Massachusetts Bay.

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Ann Hutchinson