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| One of the leaders, and popular governors. of the pilgrims |
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| first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. |
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| A woman who challenged the Puritan orthodoxy,her and her family was banished from the bay colony. |
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| A young minster of Salem who urged his fellow clergyman to leave the Church of England, he was a bug treat to the Puritan leaders. |
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| A king of British North America , whoa war between the Pequots and the Europeans. |
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| A Quaker who looked for land in the New World for his people, he procured money form the king for land which was soon named Pennsylvania. |
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| Charles II (his brother) gave him the area now called New York ( in honor of the Duke) |
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| English Protestant reformers who sought to purify the Church of England of Catholic rituals and creeds, Some of the most devout Puritans believed that only ; visible saints" should be admitted to the church membership. |
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| Small group of Puritans who sought to break away entirely from the Church of England; after initially settling in Holland, a number of English Separatists made their way to Plymouth Bay, Massachusetts in 1620. |
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| Agreement to form a majoritarian government in Plymouth, signed aboard the Mayflower. Created a foundation for self-government in the colony. |
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| Established by non-separating Puritans, it soon grew to be the largest and most influential of the New England colonies. |
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| Series of assaults by Metacom, King Phillip, on English settlements in New England. The attacks slowed the westward migration of New England settlers for several decades. |
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| Series of laws passed , beginning 1651, to regulate colonial shipping; the acts provided that English would be allowed to trade in English and colonial ports, and that all goods destined for the colonies would first pass through England. |
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| Unofficial policy of relaxed royal control over colonial trade and only weak enforcement of Navigation Laws. Lasted from the Glorious Revolution to the end of the French and Indian War in 1763. |
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| (sumptuary laws) Designed to restrict personal behavior in accord with a strict code of morality. Blue Laws were passed across the colonies, particularly in Puritan New England and Quaker Pennsylvania. |
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