419177779 | John Calvin | preached that people are wicked because of sin created Calvinism based on presbyterianism and reform Gd is all powerful | |
419177780 | Anne Hutchinson | theological arguments banished from the colony she went against the Puritans she was killed by Indians | |
419177781 | Roger Williams | young with radical thoughts extreme Seperatist wanted a clean break with corrupt Church of England fled to Rhode Island built a Baptist Church | |
419177782 | Henry Hudson | disregarded orders and ventured into Delaware and NY Bay in 1609 discovered the Hudson River | |
419177783 | William Bradford | chosen governor thirty times in Plymouth he developed private land ownership and helped colonists get out of debt. he helped the colony survive droughts, crop failures, and indian attacks. | |
419177784 | Peter Stuyvesant | Dutch dispatched a small military expedition in 1655 led by this man surrendered to English | |
419177785 | William Laud | elected Archbishop persecuted Puritans | |
419757163 | Thomas Hooker | leader of a group of Puritans that came into the Hartford area | |
419757164 | William Penn | an englishman attracted to the Quaker faith founded a colony called Pennsylvania in 1681 very liberal | |
419757165 | John Winthrop | the wealthy first governor of the Bay Colony served as a governor for 19 years helped Massachusetts prosper greatly | |
419757166 | King Philip | forged an alliance with the Indians in 1675 and attacked war ended a year later his war slowed down the westward march but inflicted lasting defeat upon the Indians | |
419757167 | John Cotton | important clergy member emigrated to Massachusetts to escape persecution | |
419757168 | Sir Edmund Andros | an able English military man used force and revoked all land titles (in Massachusetts) enforced Navigation Laws head of the Dominion Boston mob sent him back to England | |
419757169 | the "elect" | some souls were destined for eternal bliss Calvin believed conversion was Gd's way of revealing to the elect | |
419757170 | franchise | statutory right/privilege granted to persons by the government | |
419757171 | patroonships | landholders fronting the Hudson River granted land if fifty people would settle this attracted big populations | |
419757172 | predestination | Calvin supported this theory believed nothing could save someone predestined to hell Hutchinson disputed this belief | |
419757173 | freemen | only adult males who belonged to the Puritan church could be freemen | |
419757174 | visible saints | those who publicly proclaimed proclaimed their experience of conversion only these could be admitted to the Puritan Church | |
419757175 | conversion | Calvinist's thought this to be an intense personal experience that was a message from Gd | |
419757176 | doctrine of a "calling" | Puritans highly believed this was to do Gd's work serious commitment and only simple pleasures | |
419757177 | antinomianism | doctrine that by faith a Christian is freed from any laws of the land Hutchinson disputed this | |
419757178 | protestant reformation | Martin Luther began this 1517 this kindled spirituality in many persons, who helped found America this eventually led to Puritanism due to Calvin | |
419757179 | pilgrims | part of the English puritans who founded Plymouth in 1620 to escape religious persecution | |
419757180 | New England Confederation | comprised of four colonies in 1643 1. Bay Colony 2. Plymouth 3. New Haven 4. Valley | |
419757181 | Calvinism | John Calvin's theological system stressed the grace of Gd doctrine of predestination | |
419757182 | Massachusetts Bay Company | founded in 1629 by non-seperatist Puritans established the Massachusetts Bay Colony | |
420031790 | Dominion of New England | created in 1686 promoted English navigation laws included all of New England and expanded later to include New York and East and West New Jersey | |
420031791 | Institutes of the Christian Religion | Calvin's basic doctrine created in 1536 Gd is all powerful humans are weak because of sin | |
420031792 | Navigation Laws | blocked American trade with non-English ruled countries smuggling became common this helped to cause the War of Independence | |
420031793 | great Puritan Migration | in the 1630's 75,000 refugees left England 14,000 came to Massachusetts to find religious freedom | |
420031794 | Glorious Revolution | people of old England in 1688-89 dethroned Catholic James II and collapsed the Dominion of New England | |
420031795 | Puritans | member of the group of English Protestants in the 1500-1600's. stressed simplification in worship and followed the Calvinism theological system | |
420031796 | General Court | a representative assembly freemen could elect | |
420031797 | Dutch West India Company | less powerful than Dutch East India Company profitable in the Caribbean established outposts in Africa sugar industry in Brazil bought Manhattan Island | |
420031798 | Separatists | group of extreme Puritans wanted to break away completely from the Church of England | |
420031799 | Bible Commonwealth | a theocratic system in the Massachusetts Bay Colony large religious influence on the government for a convert to gain admission to the Church, must undergo public interrogations | |
420031800 | Quakers | mid 1600's refused to support the Church with taxes built simple meetinghouses refused military service passive resistance | |
420031801 | Mayflower | spent 65 days at sea arrived on New England in 1620 with 102 people fewer than half were Separatists | |
420031802 | Protestant Ethic | to do Gd's work serious commitment engagement in pursuits shared this | |
420031803 | Mayflower Compact | before landing Pilgrim leaders signed this agreement to form a government submit to the will of the majority signed by 41 males promising start to a genuine government | |
420031804 | Fundamental Orders | in 1639 settlers of the New Connecticut River drafted this first written constitution called for an assembly and an election for a governor and judges |
APUSH - Settling the Northern Colonies 1619-1700
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