IB History of Americas, AP US History, IBHOA, APUSH, bolded words
1805018138 | Calvinism | New England Puritans...based on teaching forms John Calvin. Believed in predestination | 0 | |
1805018139 | Predestination | only the "elect" were destined for salvation, although they thought it to be irreversible, they led sanctified lives to prove they were of the "elect" | 1 | |
1805018140 | Conversion | intense religious expressions that confirmed an individual's place among the "elect" or "visible saints" | 2 | |
1805018141 | Puritans | English religious reformers who undertook a total purification of English Christianity | 3 | |
1805018142 | Separatists | sect of Puritans that wanted to break away from the Church of England | 4 | |
1805018143 | Mayflower Compact | Simple agreement to form a crude government and to submit to the will of the majority under the regulations agreed on | 5 | |
1805018144 | Great Migration | Time in which about 70 thousand refugees left England to "the New World" | 6 | |
1805018145 | Antinomianism | belief that living a holy life left no promises, and the truly saved did not need to bother obeying the laws of both God and man | 7 | |
1805018146 | Fundamental Orders | drafted by settlers in Connecticut River Valley, document was the first "modern constitution" establishing democratically controlled government | 8 | |
1805018147 | Pequot War | clashes between settlers and Pequot Indians in CT River Valley. Ended in the slaughter of Pequots and Narragansett allies by Puritans | 9 | |
1805018148 | King Philip's War | series of assaults by Metacom, King Philip on English settlements in New England; slowed the westward migration of English | 10 | |
1805018149 | New England Confederation | an "experiment in union" launched in 1643 when 4 colonies banded together | 11 | |
1805018150 | English Civil War | armed conflict between royalists and parliamentarians, resulting in the victory of Pro-parliament leading to Charles I execution | 12 | |
1805018151 | Dominion of New England | Aimed to support colonial defense in the event of a war with the Native Americans, embraced at first all of New England and later expanded. | 13 | |
1805018152 | Navigation Laws | Limited trade from all countries not belonging of England | 14 | |
1805018153 | Glorious (or Bloodless) Revolution | relatively peaceful overthrow of Catholic monarch, James I, replacing him with William III and Mary II | 15 | |
1805018154 | "Salutary Neglect" | relaxed control over colonial trade and weak enforcement of Navigation Laws. Lasted from Glorious Revolution to French and Indian War | 16 | |
1805018155 | Patroonships | vast tracts of land along Hudson River in New Netherlands granted to wealthy promoters in exchange for bringing 50 settlers to the property | 17 | |
1805018156 | "Blue Laws" | designed to restrict personal behavior in accord with a strict code of morality. | 18 |