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Charter
A document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges. -
John Smith
English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631). -
Representive Government
Representative democracy is a form of government founded on the principle of elected individuals representing the people, as opposed to autocracy and direct democracy. -
Pilgrim
A person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons. -
John Winthrop
John Winthrop (12 January 1588– 26 March 1649) obtained a royal charter, along with other wealthy Puritans, from King Charles I for the Massachusetts Bay Company and led a group of English Puritans to the New World in 1630. -
Toleration
Official acceptance of different religions: official acceptance by a government of religious beliefs and practices that are different from those it upholds. -
Squanto
Pawtuxet Indian, later of the Wampanoag tribe in what is now Massachusetts. He was captured by an English sea captain and taken to Spain to be sold into slavery. He escaped, made his way to England, and from there returned to North America. He befriended the Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony in 1621 and acted as their interpreter and adviser on planting and fishing.
