Chapter 3: Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700 Flashcards
Aboukhadijeh, Feross. "Chapter 3: Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700" StudyNotes.org. StudyNotes, Inc., 17 Nov. 2012. Web. 12 Sep. 2013.
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| 907201416 | predestination | The Calvinist doctrine that God has foreordained some people to be saved and some to be damned | 1 | |
| 907201417 | elect | In Calvinist doctrine, those who have been chosen by God for salvation | 2 | |
| 907201418 | conversion | A religious turn to God, thought by Calvinists to involve an intense, identifiable person experience | 3 | |
| 907201419 | visible saints | In Calvinism, those who publicly proclaimed their experience of conversion and were expect to lead godly lives | 4 | |
| 907201420 | calling | In Protestantism, the belief that saved individuals have a religious obligation to engage in worldly work | 5 | |
| 907201421 | heresy | Departure from correct or officially defined belief | 6 | |
| 907201422 | seditious | Concerning resistance to or rebellion against the government | 7 | |
| 907201423 | commonwealth | An organized civil government or social order | 8 | |
| 907201424 | autocratic | Absolute or dictatorial rule | 9 | |
| 907201425 | passive resistance | Nonviolent action or opposition to authority in accord with religious or moral beliefs | 10 | |
| 907201426 | asylum | A place of refuge and security, especially for the persecuted or unfortunate | 11 | |
| 907201427 | proprietary | Concerning exclusive legal ownership, as of colonies granted to individuals by the monarch | 12 | |
| 907201428 | naturalization | The granting of citizenship to foreigners or immigrants | 13 | |
| 907201429 | blue laws | Laws designed to restrict personal behavior in accord with a strict code of morality. "Even so, there were some 'blue laws' aimed at 'ungodly revelers.'...." | 14 | |
| 907201430 | ethnic | Concerning diverse peoples or cultures, specifically those of non-Anglo-Saxon background | 15 |