chapter 2 section 4 the new england colonies

john winthrop

led a large group of puritans to america

pequot war

war between puritans and pequot tribe in 1636 over trade rights and territorial expansions

metacom

a chief known to colonists as "king philip"

anne hutchinson

a women who seemed doubly dangerousto puritan leaders and defended herself in a trial

roger williams

argued that settlers had no right to take land from the indians and that they needed to purchase the land from them

king philip's war

conflict between english colonists and native americans in new england

puritan

english protestants who believed in strict religious discipline and the simplification of worship and the settlers of the massachusetts bay colony

pilgrim

english puritans who sought religious freedom and founded pplymouth colony in 1620

mayflower compact

framework for self-government of the plymouth colony signed on the ship the mayflower in 1620

separatist

groups who wished to separate from the anglican church to begin their own churches