New England Colonies Key Terms

William Bradford An important leader in the community of Plymouth. Guided the Pilgrims as they worked together to build houses. He made sure the fields were planted. Signed the Mayflower Compact

Anne Hutchinson Puritan woman who spoke out against the government forced to leave Massachusetts because of religious views. Believed that a person's own faith in God was more important than the church's rules and laws - Moved to Rhode Island.

Hutchinson Hutchinson was killed in an Native American attack

John Winthrop the Puritan leader who sailed from England to North America in 1630 and settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Roger Williams Puritan leader who founded the Rhode Island colony under the principles of separation of church and state and religious tolerance for all community members

Thomas Hooker Puritan minister left Massachusetts with about 100 followers- he founded the colony of Connecticut to obtain greater religious and political freedom he believed that each church should be independent and should choose its own leaders. Wrote Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Thomas Hooker

William Bradford

Squanto Helped the colonists survive living in Plymouth. Showed them how to plant corn and where to fish and hunt.

Puritans dissenters of the Anglican Church who wanted to "purify" the church came to Massachusetts to freely practice their religion.

Puritan Dress

Pilgrims A group of religious people who separated from the Church of England and founded Plymouth Colony in 1620.

Fundamental Order of Connecticut written by Thomas Hooker made Connecticut's government more democratic

immigrants A person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there.

covenant a solemn (serious) agreement that can't be broken.

Salem Witch Trials Famous trial in which 18 women and 1 man were falsely convicted and executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts in the early 1690s

Mayflower Compact the name of the agreement among the Pilgrims to make and obey fair and just laws the first written agreement for self- government in America.

Harvard College First institution of higher learning in North America.

Harvard

Great Migration the massive movement of English settlers to the American colonies from Caused by economic, political & religious problems

Great Migration