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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 an advocate of universal Christian suffrage.

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Separatist. religion. Alternative Title: Independents. Separatist, also called Independent, any of the English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who wished to separate from the perceived corruption of the Church of England and form independent local churches.

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The RWU Board of Trustees has announced the selection of Ioannis Miaoulis as the 11th President of Roger Williams University. Meet the Next President.

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Jan 28, 2019 - Peter Stuyvesant, Dutch Petrus Stuyvesant, (born c. 1592, Scherpenzeel, Friesland, Netherlands—died February 1672, near New York, New York [U.S.]), Dutch colonial governor who tried to resist the English seizure of New York. ... He began his career in the Dutch West India Company .

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John Rolfe (1585–1622) was one of the early English settlers of North America. He is credited with the first successful cultivation of tobacco as an export crop in .

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Anne Hutchinson was an influential Puritan spiritual leader in colonial Massachusetts who challenged the male-dominated religious authorities of the time. Her father, Francis Marbury, was a Puritan minister who insisted his daughter learn to read. The first of these included John.

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The Virginia Company was a joint stock company that was approved by King James I to create new settlements in the colony of Virginia. A joint stock company is a business organization with which investors pooled money in order to purchase stock in a company.

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A staple food, food staple, or simply a staple, is a food that is eaten routinely and in such quantities that it constitutes a dominant portion of a standard diet for a given people, supplying a large fraction of energy needs and generally forming a significant proportion of the intake of other nutrients as well.

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Protestant. A Christian belonging to one of the three great divisions of Christianity (the other two are the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church).Protestantism began during the Renaissance as a protest against the established (Roman Catholic) church (see also established chur

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1. a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons.

2. synonyms: | visitor to a shrine, worshipper, devotee, believer, traveler, wayfarer, crusader; More

3. travel or wander like a pilgrim.

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belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism. HISTORICAL the economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism.

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The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the male passengers of the Mayflower, consisting of separatist Puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen. ... The Mayflower Compact was signed aboard ship on November 11, 1620.

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The Massachusetts Bay Company was a joint stock trading company chartered by the English crown in 1629 to colonize a vast area in New England extending from 3 mi (4.8 km) miles north of the Merrimack River to 3 mi miles south of the Charles River.

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a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders.

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Dutch West India Company (Dutch: Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie, Dutch pronunciation or Dutch: WIC; English: Chartered West India Company) was a chartered company (known as the "WIC") of Dutch merchants as well as foreign investors.

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a raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as copper or coffee."commodities such as copper and coffee"

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a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.

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Church of England has been official church in England for about 450 years. The history of the church dates back much further than that, however.At first it was part of the Roman Catholic church,but in 1500s it became the central church of the new religion of Anglicanism.

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A mission statement is a short statement of an organization's purpose, what its overall goal is, identifying the goal of its operations: what kind of product or service it provides, its primary customers or market, and its geographical region of operation.

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The definition of Middle Passage was the route of the former slave trade of Africans across the Atlantic ocean to the Americas. An example of the Middle Passage is the route the original African slaves were forced to follow.

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Indentured servitude is contract where someone is required to work for a landowner or another individual, typically for a period of five to seven years, in exchange for an expensive passage out of Europe.

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a rapidly spreading outbreak of disease. 2 : something harmful that spreads or develops rapidly a crime epidemic.

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Dictionary. Definition of environment. the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround" the totality of surrounding conditions.

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Encomienda, in colonial Spanish America, legal system by which the Spanish crown attempted to define the status of the Indian population in its American colonies. It was based upon the practice of exacting tribute from Muslims and Jews during the Reconquista (“Reconquest”) of Muslim Spain.

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The Spanish word for conqueror is conquistador. Many Spanish soldiers and explorers traveled to the Americas after Christopher Columbus made the first trip in 1492. These conquistadors sailed to the Americas to conquer the native peoples, to spread Christianity, and to look for gold and other treasure.

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each of four quarters of a circle.

each of four parts of a plane, sphere, space, or body divided by two lines or planes at right angles.

"the right upper quadrant of the kidney"

HISTORICAL

an instrument used for taking angular measurements of altitude in astronomy and navigation, typically consisting of a graduated quarter circle and a sighting mechanism.

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a lord-master, a protector," c.1300, from Old French patron "patron, protector, patron saint" (12c.) and directly from Medieval Latin patronus "patron saint, bestower of a benefice, lord, master, model, pattern," from Latin patronus "defender, protector, former master (of a freed slave); advocate," from pater

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Northwest Passage, historical sea passage of the North American continent. It represents centuries of effort to find a route westward from the Atlatic.

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1. an open rebellion against the proper authorities, especially by soldiers or sailors against their officers.

1. "a mutiny by those manning the weapons could trigger a global war"

2. synonyms: | insurrection, rebellion, revolt, riot, uprising, insurgence, insubordination"there was a mutiny over wages"

verb

1. 1.

2. refuse to obey the orders of a person in authority.

3. synonyms: | rise up, rebel, revolt, riot, disobey/defy authority, be insubordinate"thousands of soldiers mutinied"

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Lateen sail, triangular sail that was of decisive importance to medieval navigation. The ancient square sail permitted sailing only before the wind; the lateen was the earliest fore-and-aft sail.

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1. a journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, scientific research, or war.

1. "an expedition to the jungles of the Orinoco"

2. synonyms: | journey, voyage, tour, odyssey; More

3. FORMAL

4. promptness or speed in doing something.

1. "the landlord shall remedy the defects with all possible expedition"

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a leader in the Spanish conquest of America and especially of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century

Examples of conquistador in a SentenceRecent Examples on the WebAnd the tomb at Tel Megiddo offers the first evidence that people outside Mesoamerica also used vanilla about 2,000 to 3,000 years before the it home from Mexico.— Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "Israeli tomb contains a tasty surprise: Vanilla extract," 20 Nov. 2018There’s documentation of this, in writing by Mesoamericans themselves and in records from the Spanish conquistadors.

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1. an instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.

2. 2.

3. an instrument for drawing circles and arcs and measuring distances between points, consisting of two arms linked by a movable joint, one arm ending in a point and the other usually carrying a pencil or pen.

1. 1.

2. go around (something) in a circular course.

1. "the ship wherein Magellan compassed the world"

2. 2.

3. contrive to accomplish (something).

1. "he compassed his end only by the exercise of violence"

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the action or process of sailing or otherwise traveling all the way around something, especially the world.

"he completed the fastest solo circumnavigation in a small vessel"

the action of going around or avoiding an obstacle.

"our leisurely circumnavigation of the rocks"

the action of avoiding something difficult or unpleasant.

"a circumnavigation of the simple facts"

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The caravel of the 15th and 16th centuries was a ship with a distinctive shape and admirable qualities. A gently sloping bow and single stern castle were prominent features of this vessel, and it carried a mainmast and a mizzen mast that were generally lateen-rigged. Although the caravel had already been in use for hundreds of years, it developed into an incredibly fast, easily maneuverable vessel by this time, which was noticed by eminent people.

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Astrolabe, any of a type of early scientific instrument used for reckoning time and for observational purposes. One widely employed variety, the planispheric astrolabe, enabled astronomers to calculate the position of the Sun and prominent stars with respect to both the horizon and the meridian.

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an animal, plant, or natural object serving among certain tribal or traditional peoples as the emblem of a clanor family and sometimes revered as its founder, ancestor, or guardian.

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The Tepee was a typical structure used as a shelter or house style that was built  by many tribes of the Great Plains cultural group who made them their homes.

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Definition of Pueblo. a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States. a city in Colorado south of Colorado Springs. a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called pueblos by the Spanish because they live in villages built of adobe and rock Similar Words: pueblo.

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A natural resource is something that is found in nature and can be used by people. Earth's natural resources include light, air, water, plants, animals, soil, stone, minerals, and fossil fuels.

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he design of the longhouse reflected the social organization of Iroquois culture, 300 - 500 years ago.

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A kiva is a room used by Puebloans for religious rituals and political meetings, many of them associated with the kachina belief system.

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According to Indian tradition the league is founded by Hiawatha, a leader of the Mohawks, on the inspiration of a holy man, Deganawidah. An epic poem, supposedly the words of Deganawidah, becomes a sacred text of the league. Handed down as an oral tradition, it is recited from memory at important ceremonies.

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the ancient empire, centred on the city of  that was established following the continuing to the final eclipse of the Empire of the West in the 5th century CE. A brief treatment of the Roman Empire follows. For full treatment.

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Denoting, belonging to, or relating to a family of North American Indian languages formerly spoken across a vast area from the Atlantic seaboard to the Great Lakes and the Great Plains.

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The US Constitution * Constitution.com * Declaration of Independence

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Defending the Union from Threats Foreign and Domestic. The Constitution of United States of America 1789. Constitution.com

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A group of people to write something.