People
A person who takes a religious journey. The founders of Plymouth colony were known as ________________.
Pilgrims
He left Massachusetts and founded Hartford, Connecticut.
Thomas Hooker
Name the four colonies that make up the the New England Region?
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut
Meetings in colonial New England where settlers discussed and voted on local government matters.
Town Meetings
Protestants who wanted to reform the Church of England were called
Puritans
Who was the governor of Plymouth Colony?
William Bradford
Native American who helped Pilgrims to plant crops and catch fish.
Squanto
The New England Colonies passed some of the first laws that required parents to ___________________.
provide instruction or education for their children
Agreement made for a framework for governing the Plymouth colony based on the idea of "self governing" and "majoruty rules"
Mayflower Compact
A ship in which the pilgrims set sail to North America
The Mayflower
Who was the governor of the Masschusetts Bay Colony?
John Winthrop
She criticized Puritan ministers and believed that one was saved by God's grace, not through good works.
Anne Hutchinson
What was the economy based on in the New England Colonies?
Fishing, ship building, whaling, lumber and fur trading
The people of this state decided there would be no established or official church.
What was Rhode Island?
confess
Religious group that settled Massachusetts Bay Colony
Puritans
He founded the first college in the English colonies.
John Harvard (last name only is acceptable)
Term for "a willingness to allow others to practice their own beliefs"
Religious Tolerance
A plan of government in Connecticut that limited the government's power. This expanded the idea of representative government in the colonies.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What were women expected to do during church in most Puritan churches?
Not talk
Name of the Native American tribe that helped the Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony.
Wampanoag
He believed government should not make laws about religion.
After being banished he started Rhode Island; allowing people to worship freely
Roger Williams
How were the soil and weather conditions different in the New England Colonies compared to the Jamestown colony?
thin, rocky, soil and harsh winters
In the Massachusetts Bay Colony, male church members elected representatives to an assembly known as the _____________________.
General Court
How were "Pilgrims" different from "Puritans" and where did they settle?
Pilgrims wanted to separate from the church of England. They settled in Plymouth Colony.