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2964335294CalvinismReformed theology that emphasizes the rule of God over all things. Associated with John Calvin.0
2964335295PredestinationBelief that God has determined which souls will preside in heaven and which will not, a decision than cannot be altered.1
2964335296PuritansProtestants seeking to reform the Church of England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.2
2964335297SeparatistsThose who sought to break away from the Church of England.3
2964335298ConversionA radical reorientation of one's whole life away from sin and evil and toward God. This is a central element of Christ's preaching, of the Church's ministry of evangelization, and of the Sacrament of Penance.4
2964335299Mayflower Compact1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony.5
2964335300Massachusetts Bay ColonyKing Charles gave the Puritans a right to settle and govern a colony in the Massachusetts Bay area.6
2964335301Great Migration70,000 refugees left England for the New World.7
2964335302AntinomianismAn interpretation of Puritan beliefs that stressed God's gift of salvation and minimized what an individual could do to gain salvation; identified with Anne Hutchinson.8
2964335303Fundamental OrdersIs considered by some as the first written Constitution. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut is a short document, but contains some principles that were later applied in creating the United States government. It states the powers of the government, and some limits within which that power is exercised.9
2964335304Pequot WarBay colonists wanted to claim Connecticut for themselves but it belonged to the Pequot. The colonists burned down their village and 400 were killed.10
2964335305King Phillip's WarA Native American uprising that attacked New England and New York in which helped lead to the formation of the Dominion of New England.11
2964335306English Civil WarFeatured religious disputes mixed with constitutional issues concerning the powers of the monarchy.12
2964335307Dominion Of New EnglandThe British government combined the colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut into a single province headed by a royal governor (Andros).13
2964335308Navigation LawsPromoted English shipping and control colonial trade; made Americans ship all non-British items to England before going to America.14
2964335309Glorious (or Bloodless) RevolutionEngland made King James II step down.15
2964335310Salutary NeglectAn English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies.16
2964335311PatroonshipsEstates along the Hudson River established by the Dutch.17
2964335312Blue LawsLaws designed to restrict personal behavior.18
2964335313Martin LutherA German theological reformer who denied papal power, and claimed the only sacraments were baptism and communion.19
2964335314John CalvinA theological reformer who developed Calvinism.20
2964335315William BradfordThe second governor of the Plymouth colony. He helped the colony survive droughts, crop failures, and Indian attacks.21
2964335316John WinthropThe first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.22
2964335317Anne HutchinsonA Puritan woman who disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony.23
2964335318Roger WilliamsHe left the Massachusetts colony and purchased the land from a neighboring Indian tribe to found the colony of Rhode Island. Rhode Island was the only colony at that time to offer complete religious freedom.24
2964335319MassasoitChief of the Wampanoag tribe. Helped the Pilgrim's.25
2964335320Metacom (King Phillip)Son of Massasoit. Leader of the Wampanoag's.26
2964335321Charles IISon of Charles I. King of England, Ireland and Scotland. Spread Anti-Catholicism.27
2964335322Sir Edmund AndrosGovernor of the Dominion of New England.28
2964335323William IIIBecame co-monarch of England after the Glorious (Or Bloodless)Revolution.29
2964335324Mary IIRuled jointly with her husband, William III, after Glorious (Or Bloodless)Revolution.30
2964335325Henry HudsonExplorer for the Dutch. He claimed the Hudson River around present day New York and called it New Netherland.31
2964335326Peter StuyvesantKnown as "Father Wooden Leg". Lost the New Netherlands to the English.32
2964335327Duke Of YorkBrother of Charles II, namesake of New York.33
2964335328William PennA devout Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania.34

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