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Praying town

Praying towns were settlements established by colonial authorities in the New England Colonies from 1646 to 1675 in an effort to convert local Native Americans to Christianity. The Native people who moved into the towns were known as Praying Indians. Before 1674 the villages were the most ambitious experiment in converting Native Americans to…

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related to history · 37
Praying town → Act, Algonquians, Bible, Cambridge, Christian, Christianity, Cockenoe, Cromwell's Parliament, Eliot, Eliot's, Eliot's Christian, England, English, Gospel, Harvard, Having, In, Indian College, John Eliot, John Sassamon
related to Plymouth Colony · 26
Praying town → Acchusnutt, Acoaxet, Acushnet, Adjacent, AshimuitGay HeadHerring Pond, Assameekq, Connecticut, Cooxissett, Cooxit, Daniel Gookin, Indian, Little Compton, MatakeesWeequakutSatuitPawpoesitMashpeeWakoquetCodtaninutWeesquobsPispoguttWawayontatSokonesCotuhkikutNamasket, New Bedford, Nukkehkummees, Old Dartmouth, Plymouth, PotanumaquutManamoyikSawkattuketNantucketNobsquassitNukkehkummees, Praying Indians, Puritan
related to Failed assimilation: The last years of Praying Towns · 21
Praying town → According, America, Colonists, Deer Island, During, Eventually, Including Praying Indians, Indians, Island, It, John Eliot, King Philips War, Many, Native American, Native Americans, Natives, Praying Indians, The Puritans, There, Towns
related to Self-governing · 13
Praying town → However, In, Justices, Most, Native, Native American, Other, Peace, Praying Indian, Praying Towns, The, This, While English-style
related to Refuge from war · 11
Praying town → After King Philip's War, Because, Christianity, General Court, Many, Native Americans, Other, Other Natives, Puritan, Some Natives, They
related to Purpose · 7
Praying town → Christianity, Eliot, European, Native Americans, The Massachusetts General Court, The Puritan, They
related to External links · 2
Praying town → Praying Towns, Praying TownsPraying IndiansInteractive Map

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Praying townrelated to External linksPraying TownsPraying IndiansInteractive Map0.60section
Praying townrelated to External linksPraying Towns0.60section
Praying townrelated to Failed assimilation: The last years of Praying TownsWhile0.60section
Praying townrelated to Failed assimilation: The last years of Praying TownsJohn Eliot0.60section
Praying townrelated to Failed assimilation: The last years of Praying TownsThe Puritans0.60section
Praying townrelated to Failed assimilation: The last years of Praying TownsPraying Indians0.60section
Praying townrelated to Failed assimilation: The last years of Praying TownsIt0.60section
Praying townrelated to Failed assimilation: The last years of Praying TownsNatives0.60section
Praying townrelated to Failed assimilation: The last years of Praying TownsAmerica0.60section
Praying townrelated to Failed assimilation: The last years of Praying TownsAccording0.60section
Praying townrelated to Failed assimilation: The last years of Praying TownsEventually0.60section
Praying townrelated to Failed assimilation: The last years of Praying TownsMany0.60section

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