US Colonies

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The site where pilgrims landed in America in the 1620's, located in present day Massachusetts

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Plymouth

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First Successful English colony in America

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Jamestown

Answer explanation

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A settlement Established by Puritans in 1630 near present day Boston. Its first governor was John Winthrop.

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Massachusetts Bay Company

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A religious group that practices peace and Non-Violence and who came to America seeking religious freedom.

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Quakers

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A religious group which fled England and Europe because of religious persecutions

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Pilgrims

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A Product Grown to be sold rather than for consumption by the farmer

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Cash Crop

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Political System in which citizens practice self-Government

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Commonwealth

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Written by pilgrims aboard the Mayflower before landing in 1620, Established the first Government in the colonies.

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Mayflower Compact

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Religious group who wanted to "purify" the Church of England; came to the American colonies in the early 1600's seeking religious freedom

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Puritans

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Individual who signed a contract to work for a specific period of time in exchange for passage to America

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Indentured Servant