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3100484908Christopher Columbus1451-1506. Genoeses mariner who discovered the Americas while searching for a new trade route to India.0
3100489751Corporate CommunitiesColonial settlements established for economic or financial purposes by various companies. Although usually chartered by the Crown, their remote circumstances helped foster the idea and practice of self-governance.1
3100496070John Rolfe1585 - 1622. Virginia colonist who pioneered the cultivation of tobacco as a profitable agricultural enterprise. _____ also married Pocahontas in 1614.2
3100504136Indentured ServitudeLand owners would pay the passage of those willing to come to the colonies in exchange for an agree-upon term of service, after which the indentured servant was released from his obligation and was then free to seek his own fortune.3
3100511322House of BurgessesAn assembly of representatives elected by the common people of the Virginia colony, similar to the House of Commons.4
3100515782Covenant CommunitiesSettlements based on religious or moral values, mostly interested in being an example to Europe or living according to their own moral liberty.5
3100519749PilgrimsSmall congregation of separatists seeking to distance themselves physically and spiritually from the Church of England by emigrating to New England.6
3100525564Robert Brown1550 - 1630. Writer and proponent of the Separatist movement that demanded separation from the Church of England. His writings inspired groups such as the Pilgrims to emigrate to America for religious freedom.7
3100533175PuritansBritish religious emigrants who wanted to reform the Church of England rather than sever all ties with it; their beliefs in the Christian Calling, Moral Self-Governance, and in being God's Elect would help shape the Founding and American national character.8
3100542113John Calvin1509 - 1564. ___________ was a French theologian during the Protestant Reformation who greatly influenced Puritan beliefs. He taught that the Bible was the final authority for matters of faith and that salvation came through grace only (not works). He also taught the doctrine of predestination.9
3100551134God's ElectFrom John Calvin's predestination theology, the doctrine that God has already chosen those who will be saved. These elect people are to build a holy community as an example.10
3100556840The Christian CallingFrom the theology of John Calvin -- People should pursue a "calling" in some sort of worldly work where they are to rise early in the morning, work hard, save their money, and invest it wisely. Prosperity indicates God's approval.11
3100564126Moral Self-GovernancePuritan ideal that all must live a righteous life largely on their own, with each man being responsible for his own actions and those of his family -- with an eye on his neighbor as well.12
3100569343John Winthrop1582 - 1649. _____________ was elected governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony before their departure from England and re-elected many times. He is know for his sermon "A Model of Christian Charity," in which he stated that the Puritan colony would be "a city upon a hill."13
3100578970Tabula RasaLatin for clean slate or blank slate. Puritans felt that the new world was a ___________ on which mankind could begin the human story anew.14
3100583113City on a HillBiblical ideal, invoked by John Winthrop, of a society governed by civil liberty (where people did only that which was just and good) that would be an example to the world.15
3100589300Natural LibertyWhere men are free to do what they please without regard for the moral value of their actions.16
3100591743Civil LibertyAccording to John Winthrop, "Where men are free to do only that which is good, just, and honest."17

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