1. New England Colonies Chapter 3 Section 2

2. Pilgrims A member of the group that rejected the Church of England, sailed to America, and founded the Plymouth Colony in 1620.

3. Mayflower Compact An agreement established by the men who sailed to America on the Mayflower, which called for laws for the good of the colony and set forth the idea of self-government.

4. Puritans A member of a group from England that settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 and sought to reform the practices of the Church of England.

5. Great Migration The movement of Puritans from England to establish settlements around the world, including 20,000 who sailed for America

6. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut A set of laws that were established in 1639 by a Puritan congregation who had settled in the Connecticut Valley and that expanded the idea of representative government.

7. Roger Williams Was a minister who founded the first Baptist church in America. Because of his beliefs he was forced to leave Massachusetts. He fled South and founded the Rhode Island Colony, which guaranteed religious freedom and the separation of church and state.

8. Anne Hutchinson Believed that a person could worship God without the help of a church, minister, or Bible. She was brought to trial and forced to leave Massachusetts. She fled to Rhode Island.

9. King Philip’s War A war between the Puritan colonies and the Native Americans in 1675-1676.