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Chapter 3 IDs and PQs Martin Luther A monk who initiated the Protestant Reformation, leading to Calvinism. John Calvin A Christian reformer whose ideas became dominant in colonial America. visible saints Visible saints were the elect, who would be saved. Their existence was Calvinist. Separatists Separatists were zealous Puritans who vowed to break from Anglicanism. Mayflower Compact An agreement among Pilgrims to form a crude government and abide by majority rule. William Bradford A Puritan governor who upheld the strict Puritan moral code. Plymouth The Pilgrims? colony, which eventually merged with the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Massachusetts Bay Colony Formed by non-Separatist pilgrims, it had the largest number of starting members. Great Puritan migration

Chapter 5 IDs (Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775) Scots-Irish A group of immigrants from the Scottish lowlands who inhabited the frontier. Paxton Boys Scots-Irish protestors against lenience towards the natives. De Crevecoeur Settler who painted America as a melting pot, asking what ?American? meant. ?jayle birds? Paupers and prisoners who had been involuntarily forced into the colonies. Molasses Act (1733) A law attempting to throttle American trade with other nations, which failed. Anglican Church The English state church, established in the south and middle. More worldly than the Congregational. Congregational Church

Mercantilism the belief that wealth is power and measured by bullion Navigation Laws laws that restricted commerce to the bounds of the British empire salutary neglect the beneficial relaxed enforcement of the Navigation Laws John Hancock The ?King of Smugglers,? who became wealthy via smuggling George Grenville The Prime Minister, who called for the enforcement of the Navigation Laws and enacted a sugar duty. Sugar Act (1764) A high duty on sugar imported from the West Indies. Quartering Act (1765) Required certain colonies to provide food and quarters for British troops Stamp Act (1765) Tax requiring use of stamps on commercial and legal documents virtual representation

Protestant Episcopal Church The disestablished Anglican Church, reformed 1786 Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom A statute allowing for separation, to some degree, of church and state, passed by Jefferson and Baptists. republican motherhood A sentiment that found housewives responsible for cultivating good republican values in their children Massachusetts Constitution Called a special convention to draft constitution, ratified by public Empress of China A pioneering trade ship that carried ginseng to China. Articles of Confederation (1781) The product of the Congressional committee writing a constitution fundamental law superior to the transient whims of ordinary legislation loose confederation