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metacom
also known as King Philip or Metacom, or occasionally Pometacom, was a war chief or sachem of the Wampanoag Indians and their leader in King Philip's War, a widespread Native American uprising against English colonists in New England -
toleration
Toleration is "the practice of deliberately allowing or permitting a thing of which one disapproves -
john winthrop
Winthrop led the first large wave of imigrants from England in 1630 -
squanto
He was the Native American who assisted the Pilgrims after their first winter in the New World and was integral to their survival -
pilgrim
a traveler from far away to get to holy places -
representative government
Representative democracy is a variety of democracy founded on the principle of elected people representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy. -
john smith
a name often regarded as the archetype of a common personal name in most English-speaking countries, a generic name sometimes representing "everyman" or "the average person -
charter
a charter is a grant of authority or rights -
anne hutchinson
was a Puritan woman, spiritual adviser, mother of 15, and important participant in the Antinomian Controversy that shook the infant Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638 -
thomas hooker
was a prominent Puritan colonial leader, who founded the Colony of Connecticut after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts. He was known as an outstanding speaker and a leader of universal Christian suffrage -
john wheelright
was a Puritan clergyman in England and America, and was most noted for being banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the Antinomian Controversy -
town meeting
A town meeting is a form of direct democratic rule, used primarily in portions of the United States since the 17th century, in which most or all the members of a community come together to legislate policy and budgets for local governmen