Wallwisher Definitions by

Conestoga Wagon

misag0223 — 2013-09-26 11:15:11 UTC

a large covered wagon used for long-distance travel, typically carrying pioneers in the westward migration

William Penn

misag0223 — 2013-09-26 11:15:58 UTC

Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)

Smuggling

misag0223 — 2013-09-26 11:16:22 UTC

move (goods) illegally into or out of a country

Cash Crops

misag0223 — 2013-09-26 11:17:05 UTC

a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower

Artisons

misag0223 — 2013-09-26 11:17:43 UTC

a worker in a skilled trade, esp. one that involves making things by hand.

Lord Baltimore

misag0223 — 2013-09-26 11:18:18 UTC

Lord Baltimore may refer to: *Baron Baltimore, an extinct title in the Peerage of Ireland, held by several including: Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (Lord Baltimore), the namesake of Baltimore, Maryland ,Lord Baltimore (scout), the sobriquet of a well-known 19th-century scout

Proprietary Colony

misag0223 — 2013-09-26 11:18:54 UTC

a colony given to a proprietor to govern (in 17th century)

Patroon

misag0223 — 2013-09-26 11:19:32 UTC

a person given land and granted certain manorial privileges under the former Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.

Quakers

misag0223 — 2013-09-26 11:21:51 UTC

a member of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian movement founded by George Fox c. 1650 and devoted to peaceful principles. Central to the Quakers' belief is the doctrine of the “Inner Light,” or sense of Christ's direct working in the soul. This has led them to reject both formal ministry and all set forms of worship.

Roger Williams

misag0223 — 2013-09-26 11:22:27 UTC

English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683)

Jon Winthrop

misag0223 — 2013-09-26 11:23:12 UTC

a wealthy English Puritan lawyer and one of the leading figures in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the first major settlement in New England after the Plymouth Colony.

Puritans

misag0223 — 2013-09-26 11:24:39 UTC

A member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries advocated strict religious discipline along with simplification of the ceremonies and creeds of the Church of England.

Pilgrams

misag0223 — 2013-09-26 11:25:15 UTC

A religious devotee who journeys to a shrine or sacred place.

Apprentice

misag0223 — 2013-09-27 18:16:42 UTC

a person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages.

Scots-Irish

misag0223 — 2013-09-30 02:28:07 UTC

People That lived on the border of scotland and england. Came from Northern Ireland

Literacy

misag0223 — 2013-09-30 02:31:21 UTC

the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.

Pact

misag0223 — 2013-09-30 02:33:04 UTC

an agreement, covenant, or compact:

Small Pox

misag0223 — 2013-09-30 02:34:01 UTC

an acute, highly contagious, febrile disease, caused by the variola virus, and characterized by a pustular eruption that often leaves permanent pits or scars

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misag0223 — 2013-09-30 18:25:12 UTC

All of the words are on here. They just go all the way down...