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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Protestant reformation | Sixteenth century religious reform movement begun by Martin Luther |
| Pilgrims | A form of Puritan (separatists) who wanted to completely break away from the Church of England |
| New England confederation | Colonists join together in order to protect themselves from French and Spanish |
| Calvanism | Believed that one was predestined for either heaven or hell |
| Plymouth | (1620) established by the pilgrims outside the jurisdiction of the Virginia company, so they were considered squatters because they had no "legal" right to the land |
| Quakers | Pacifist, egalitarian religious dissenters who did not pay taxes to the Church of England. Worshipped without priests |
| Massachusetts bay colony | A colony of primarily puritans (calvanists) it was not a colony dedicated to religious freedom |
| Dominion of New England | Created by England divided up by colonies. They send Edmund Andrews to be in charge of the colonies |
| Institutes of the Christian religion | All humans are weak and wicked, only predestined could go to heaven, no matter what |
| Navigation laws | Enforced to get closer to Britain by dominion of New England, forbid American trade with countries other than Britain, smuggling became common |
| Great migration | 1630's, turmoil in England sent about 70,000 puritans to America |
| Glorious revolution | At the same time the people of England staged the Glorious Revolution instating William and Mary to the crown- result the dominion of New England collapsed |
| Puritans | Want to totally reform the Church of England, grew impatient with the slow process of Protestant Reformation back to England, purify but not totally leave |
| General court | A Puritan representative assembly elected by the freemen |
| Dutch west India company | With an army of 10,000 men and a fleet of 190 ships, often raided rather than traded, brought Manhattan Island for some worthless trinkets |
| Separatists | Vowed to break away from the Church of England because "saints" would have to sit with the "damned", King Charles mocked them out of England because they disliked his religiously |
| Bible commonwealth | Name for the Massachusetts bay colony that refers to its tax supported churches and visible saints |
| Mayflower(Godspeed) | The ship in which the Pilgrim fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620 |
| Protestant ethic | Sociological term used to define the Calvinist belief in hard work to illustrate selection in elite group |
| Mayflower compact | Drafted in 1629 prior to the settlement by the pilgrims at Plymouth bay. Declared that the 41 males who signed it agreed to accept majority rule and participate in the best interest of all members of the colony |
| Fundamental orders of Connecticut | Document which established a regime democratically controlled by substantial citizens of Hartford |
| French Huguenots | French Protestants who were granted toleration by the Edict of Nantes in 1598 but permitted to settle in New France |
| Scottish Presbyterians | Presbyterians established Church of Scotland |
| Church of England (Anglicans) | The national Church of England, founded by king Henry viii. It included both Roman Catholic and Protestant ideas |
| Dutchification | The traits and culture of the Dutch being imprinted into the young minds |
| Plymouth bay | Where the pilgrims aboard the mayflower landed |
| Congregational church | Founded by separatists who felt that the Church of England retained too many Roman Catholic beliefs and practices. The pilgrims were members |
| Pequot war | Was an armed conflict in 1634-1638 between an alliance of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, with Native American allies against the Pequot tribe |
| Dutch "Golden Age" | Spanning across seventeenth century. Religious toleration led to a stronger economy. Dutch east and west India companies dominated over seas trading. Ruled by confederation |
| New Netherland | A colony founded by the Dutch in the new world. It became New York |
| New Amsterdam | Dutch colony, present day New York City |
| New Sweden | Swedish fur trading community established with the assistance of the Dutch on the Delaware river in 1638 and absorbed by new Netherland in 1655 |
| Penn's Woodland | The meaning of Pennsylvania |
| King Philip's War | 1675, a series of battles in New Hampshire between the colonists and the Womoanoags, led by Metacomet, a chief known as King Philip |
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