Important People
1st person to protest taxation from England
James Otis
People who disagree with official opinions
Dissenters
Headright
Colonist pay their way to America and get 50 acres of land in V.A.
Involved the death of 19 girls being accused of witchcraft
Salem Witch Trials
Group of colonists attacked Indians , ended up burning down Jamestown
Bacon's rebellion
made Puritan church leaders mad by discussing radical religious ideas
Anne Hutchinson
Left birth country to start a new life in the new world
Pilgrim
Bacon's Rebellion
Led a revolt and ended up burning down Jamestown
Raised taxes by requiring Colonists to pay for a stamp on paper items like newspapers, licenses, and legal docs
Stamp act
Protest to the Tea Act and dumped barrels of tea into the harbor
Boston Tea Party
1st Governor of Massachusetts, discovered Massachusetts Bay Colony
John Winthrop
Had their way to America paid for and worked for free for 4 to 7 years to pay it back
Indentured Servants
Mayflower Compact
Agreement to have fair laws to protect the general good
Great Britain granted the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sold in the Colonies.
Tea Act
A British Soldier fired shots into a crowd of colonists, killing 5 people
Boston Massacre
Helped Pilgrims plant crops, and establish relationships with other native american tribes
Squanto
Owned land that controlled the government
Proprietors
Sect
A branch of Religion
Several tribes made an alliance and helped the colonists
Powhattan Cofederacy
2 towns in Massachusetts area?
Salem and Boston
This person founded Pennsylvania
William Penn
Protestant People who wanted to reform the Church of England
Puritans
No Taxation without Representation
Can not be taxed without having a say in where the money is being used
Made restricting the rights of Christians a crime
Toleration act
Massachusetts Bay Colony also controlled land from what other state in USA?
Maine