America Land I Love 8th Grade
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Charles I
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issued a charter for the formation of the Massachusetts Bay Company
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John Winthrop
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First Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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John Elliot
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--- first apostle to the Indians and published the Algonquin Bible (the first Bible to be printed in America). He was remembered as the \"Apostle to the Indians.\"
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Thomas Mayhew
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- began to teach the Indians the bible on the island of Martha's vineyard
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Thomas Hooker
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Founder of Connecticut
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Roger Williams
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founder of the colony where religious freedom took lasting root, Founder of Rhode Island
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Sir Edmund Andros
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was sent by King James to unite the New England colonies
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William and Mary
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-- the prince and princess of Orange
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Henry Hudson
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- he sailed his ship Half Moon and claimed New York for Holland, and the Hudson River is named after him.
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Peter Minuit
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purchased Manhattan Island from the Indians for $24
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Duke of York
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was granted New Netherlands from his brother King Charles II
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Peter Stuyvesant
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(Wooden leg?)-- Dutch governor who insisted putting up a fight
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George Calvert
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the first lord of Baltimore
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Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley
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- The men who went to New Jersey. They attracted settlers by offering land on easy terms.
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William Penn
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-- founded Pennsylvania
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James Oglethorpe
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Founder of Georgia
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New Netherlands
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- became New York; founded by the Dutch
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Maryland
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the first successful proprietary colony founded by Lord Baltimore
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Philadelphia
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\"city of brotherly love\"
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Georgia
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To provide a refuge for debtor prisoners. Founded By : James Oglethorpe
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1630
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- Founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony
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1636
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Founding of Harvard College
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
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a joint stock company composed of Puritan business
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Society of Friends
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- another name for the English religious group who called themselves the Quakers
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Toleration Act
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granted freedom of worship to all who professed the name of Christ
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Proprietary colony
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a colony on a land grant which an Englishman made a nobleman
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Patroon system
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system made to help encourage more settlement
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Glorious Revolution
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marked the end of an absolute monarch in England
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Dominion of New England
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when New England colonies were united
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King Phillip's War
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Indian uprising
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New England Confederation
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first voluntary American union
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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- the first written constitution in America
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Puritan work ethic
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- became an important part of the American character
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Great Migration
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increased persecution in England that brought Puritans to the New World
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Algonquin Bible
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the first Bible to be printed in America
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Ole' Deluder Satan Act of 1647
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act passed in Massachusetts that established the first town school system in America
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Harvard College
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prepared young men for the gospel ministry.
