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Chap3 Eng. Colonies
Question | Answer |
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Pilgrims | people that crossed the Atlantic in 1620, landing near Cape Cod, due to religious trouble in England |
Puritans | Radical Pilgrims who wanted to "purify" all Catholic rituals from within the Church of England |
Separatists | Name given to those English persons who desired a complete break from the Church of England |
Mayflower Compact | Agreement reached by the passengers on the Mayflower to establish a majority rule colony in the New World |
William Bradford | English Puritan who got permission to settle a colony in the new world, eventually landing in Plymouth. |
John Winthrop | Puritan who wanted to establish a Puritan community in Massachusetts as a "model community" of Puritan values. |
Roger Williams | Puritan minister who started trouble in Massachusetts by stressing the separation of church and state. Set up in Rhode Island after getting kicked out of Mass |
Anne Hutchinson | Puritan woman who got into trouble by speaking up, claiming her religious insight came directly from God. |
Tobacco | Crop that dominated the Carolinas for decades. Was a savior for Virginia and other colonies as it made them an economic force |
Nathaniel Bacon | A tobacco farmer in western Virginia who wanted to worked the lands occupied by the Indians. Turned violent. |
Quakers | A Protestant sect which denounced wealth, took an early and unpopular stand against slavery. Settled in Pennsylvania. |
Middle Passage | the name of the voyage that Africans were forced to take across the Atlantic |
Restoration | period in England after Oliver Cromwell died. During this era, ruling power was restored or given back to the Monarchs |
The "Holy Experiment" | Refers to William Penn's colony in PA looking to establish a haven for people of all nationalities and religions |
William Pitt | helped British to victory over French in French and Indian War, after he took over all military operations |