Save
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

1.2Northern Colonies

1.2 Northern Colonies

QuestionAnswer
William Mullins -Brought wife, son, & daughter on Mayflower despite most colonists dying within 10 years of arrival -Fleeing religious persecution in England
Captain Kemble -Saw wife for first time in 3 years & kissed her in public ->received 3 hours in the stocks -Colony was very religious
Roger Scott -Severely whipped for sleeping in and missing church ->2 services each day lasting a minimum of 2 hours -Most people came from England to escape religious persecution ->Still created very religious society
Religious Extremists (John Calvin) -Founded Calvinism ->Everything revolves around relationship with god ->Predestined to go to heaven or hell ->Salvation -Hated Church of England -Pursuit of religious freedom and perfection ->Left England to create "holy" communities
Puritans -Believed in "purification" of English Christianity -Lived devout lives with strict rules
Difficult Journey -Plymouth was the first successful colony of puritans (1620) -Half died in the first winter
Covenant Communities -Created & bound by law to work, live, and worship together -People agreed to create towns where they would grow closer to god
Mayflower Compact -Created first covenant community (Plymouth) -Created a religious government and society -Written agreement
Massachusetts Bay -"Great Migration" of puritans to Massachusetts Bay starting 1630 ->70,000 people left England & 20,000 were puritans
Basic Building Blocks -Family structure -Values: work hard & thrift ->Did this to show they deserved to go the heaven
Religious Society -Old Deluder Satan Act of 1647 -Harvard University was founded due to religious society -Social position based on religious standing -Church was the tallest building in town & in the center -People were required to live in town to attend church
Old Deluder Satan Act of 1647 -Old Deluder required schoolmasters to be hired if they reached a certain population ->Mainly religious teachings
Hypocrites -Did no extend religious freedom to anyone else -Demanded complete conformity & obedience
Mary Dyer -Hanged in Boston Massachusetts Bay colony -Puritan turned quaker -Puritan law banned quakers from colony
Anne Hutchinson -Banished from Boston due to her religious & feminist beliefs (1637) -Fled to Rhode Island colony
Roger Williams -Fled from puritans -Founded Rhode Island colony -Strong stance on separation of church and state
Rhode Island Colony -Founded by Roger Williams -Challenged connection between religion & government -First to separate church & state
Economy -Determined by climate & geography -Cold, rocky, many hills & mountains, short growing season, & could not farm -Laid groundwork for manufacturing in 1700's ->Set up ship building areas for fishing - created a area for factories to come in
Plymouth Colony Struggles -Short growing seasons were the reason half of Plymouth colony died within the first year -Relied mainly on subsistence farming at first ->Often wouldn't have enough food for whole winter -Turned to fishing, lumber, & ship building
Politics -Split personality ->Authoritarian ->Democratic
Democratic -Mayflower established majority rule -"Civil Body Politic" ->Acting together as the law under a single authority -Strong centralized government ->only puritans could vote & participate
Athenian "Direct" Democracy -Town meetings -General court (representative government) ->Early form of representative government
Religious Laws -Arrested for: having long hair (men), smoking in public, courting a woman without parental consent, not attending church, disobeying your parents, denying scripture -Homosexuality=death
Ducking Stool -Punishment to scare and humiliate you ->Way of trying to create a tighter knit community
Created by: whoisalanaprice
Popular U.S. History sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards