2964335294 | Calvinism | Reformed theology that emphasizes the rule of God over all things. Associated with John Calvin. | ![]() | 0 |
2964335295 | Predestination | Belief that God has determined which souls will preside in heaven and which will not, a decision than cannot be altered. | ![]() | 1 |
2964335296 | Puritans | Protestants seeking to reform the Church of England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. | ![]() | 2 |
2964335297 | Separatists | Those who sought to break away from the Church of England. | ![]() | 3 |
2964335298 | Conversion | A 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 |
2964335299 | Mayflower Compact | 1620 - 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 |
2964335300 | Massachusetts Bay Colony | King Charles gave the Puritans a right to settle and govern a colony in the Massachusetts Bay area. | ![]() | 6 |
2964335301 | Great Migration | 70,000 refugees left England for the New World. | ![]() | 7 |
2964335302 | Antinomianism | An 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 |
2964335303 | Fundamental Orders | Is 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 |
2964335304 | Pequot War | Bay colonists wanted to claim Connecticut for themselves but it belonged to the Pequot. The colonists burned down their village and 400 were killed. | ![]() | 10 |
2964335305 | King Phillip's War | A Native American uprising that attacked New England and New York in which helped lead to the formation of the Dominion of New England. | ![]() | 11 |
2964335306 | English Civil War | Featured religious disputes mixed with constitutional issues concerning the powers of the monarchy. | ![]() | 12 |
2964335307 | Dominion Of New England | The British government combined the colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut into a single province headed by a royal governor (Andros). | ![]() | 13 |
2964335308 | Navigation Laws | Promoted English shipping and control colonial trade; made Americans ship all non-British items to England before going to America. | ![]() | 14 |
2964335309 | Glorious (or Bloodless) Revolution | England made King James II step down. | ![]() | 15 |
2964335310 | Salutary Neglect | An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies. | ![]() | 16 |
2964335311 | Patroonships | Estates along the Hudson River established by the Dutch. | ![]() | 17 |
2964335312 | Blue Laws | Laws designed to restrict personal behavior. | ![]() | 18 |
2964335313 | Martin Luther | A German theological reformer who denied papal power, and claimed the only sacraments were baptism and communion. | ![]() | 19 |
2964335314 | John Calvin | A theological reformer who developed Calvinism. | ![]() | 20 |
2964335315 | William Bradford | The second governor of the Plymouth colony. He helped the colony survive droughts, crop failures, and Indian attacks. | ![]() | 21 |
2964335316 | John Winthrop | The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. | ![]() | 22 |
2964335317 | Anne Hutchinson | A Puritan woman who disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony. | ![]() | 23 |
2964335318 | Roger Williams | He 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 |
2964335319 | Massasoit | Chief of the Wampanoag tribe. Helped the Pilgrim's. | ![]() | 25 |
2964335320 | Metacom (King Phillip) | Son of Massasoit. Leader of the Wampanoag's. | ![]() | 26 |
2964335321 | Charles II | Son of Charles I. King of England, Ireland and Scotland. Spread Anti-Catholicism. | ![]() | 27 |
2964335322 | Sir Edmund Andros | Governor of the Dominion of New England. | ![]() | 28 |
2964335323 | William III | Became co-monarch of England after the Glorious (Or Bloodless)Revolution. | ![]() | 29 |
2964335324 | Mary II | Ruled jointly with her husband, William III, after Glorious (Or Bloodless)Revolution. | ![]() | 30 |
2964335325 | Henry Hudson | Explorer for the Dutch. He claimed the Hudson River around present day New York and called it New Netherland. | ![]() | 31 |
2964335326 | Peter Stuyvesant | Known as "Father Wooden Leg". Lost the New Netherlands to the English. | ![]() | 32 |
2964335327 | Duke Of York | Brother of Charles II, namesake of New York. | ![]() | 33 |
2964335328 | William Penn | A devout Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania. | ![]() | 34 |
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