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4818388477CalvinismReformed theology that emphasizes the rule of God over all things. Associated with John Calvin.0
4818388478PredestinationBelief that God has determined which souls will preside in heaven and which will not, a decision than cannot be altered.1
4818388479PuritansProtestants seeking to reform the Church of England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.2
4818388480SeparatistsThose who sought to break away from the Church of England.3
4818388481ConversionA 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
4818388482Mayflower 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
4818388483Massachusetts Bay ColonyKing Charles gave the Puritans a right to settle and govern a colony in the Massachusetts Bay area.6
4818388484Great Migration70,000 refugees left England for the New World.7
4818388485AntinomianismAn 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
4818388486Fundamental 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
4818388487Pequot 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
4818388488King 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
4818388489English Civil WarFeatured religious disputes mixed with constitutional issues concerning the powers of the monarchy.12
4818388490Dominion 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
4818388491Navigation LawsPromoted English shipping and control colonial trade; made Americans ship all non-British items to England before going to America.14
4818388492Glorious (or Bloodless) RevolutionEngland made King James II step down.15
4818388493Salutary NeglectAn English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies.16
4818388494PatroonshipsEstates along the Hudson River established by the Dutch.17
4818388495Blue LawsLaws designed to restrict personal behavior.18
4818388496Martin LutherA German theological reformer who denied papal power, and claimed the only sacraments were baptism and communion.19
4818388497John CalvinA theological reformer who developed Calvinism.20
4818388498William BradfordThe second governor of the Plymouth colony. He helped the colony survive droughts, crop failures, and Indian attacks.21
4818388499John WinthropThe first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.22
4818388500Anne HutchinsonA Puritan woman who disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony.23
4818388501Roger 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
4818388502MassasoitChief of the Wampanoag tribe. Helped the Pilgrim's.25
4818388503Metacom (King Phillip)Son of Massasoit. Leader of the Wampanoag's.26
4818388504Charles IISon of Charles I. King of England, Ireland and Scotland. Spread Anti-Catholicism.27
4818388505Sir Edmund AndrosGovernor of the Dominion of New England.28
4818388506William IIIBecame co-monarch of England after the Glorious (Or Bloodless)Revolution.29
4818388507Mary IIRuled jointly with her husband, William III, after Glorious (Or Bloodless)Revolution.30
4818388508Henry HudsonExplorer for the Dutch. He claimed the Hudson River around present day New York and called it New Netherland.31
4818388509Peter StuyvesantKnown as "Father Wooden Leg". Lost the New Netherlands to the English.32
4818388510Duke Of YorkBrother of Charles II, namesake of New York.33
4818388511William PennA devout Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania.34

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