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34 Cards in this Set

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Glorious Revolution
Protestant protest against restricted Catholics
Colonial regions – New England, Middle, Chesapeake, Southern
New England--Prosporous, protestant
Middle--Quakers
Chesapeake--Catholic, resorts to feudalism
Southern--Indentured servants, hard to survive
Oliver Cromwell
Puritan general that governed England as Lord Protector for almost 10 years
Joint-Stock Company
Business organization in which tons of people could invest w/o fear of bankruptcy.
Richard Hakluyt
Never saw America, but strong ideas helped shaped the opinion of the New World
Avarice
Extreme Greed for material gain
Captain John Smith
Kept Virginia from turning into another Roanoke and helped organize the settlement
Sir John Rolfe
First settler to start growing tobacco
Sir Edwin Sandys
Set up a headright land system and urged settlers to not base their crops on tobacco
Virginia Company
Helped settle Virginia but eventually collapsed
Headright
Granted to colonists that covered their own transportation expenses, giving them a 50-acre lot for only a small annual rent.
House of Burgesses
Elective representative assembly that helped provide plantation owners a voice in government
Sir George Calvert
Decided to start a Catholic Colony, but failed in doing so in Newfoundland
Lord Baltimore
See Sir George Calvert; son gained a charter for Maryland
Separtists
Those that believed the Church of England had too many Catholic procedures and should be purely Protestant and separated themselves from the church
William Bradford
Helped the Pilgrims organize themselves and convinced them that they could survive in America
Mayflower Compact
Document uniting the Pilgrims who had no authorization to create a civil government
Squanto
Patuxt Indian who became sold as a slave and escaped, learned English, and welcomed and helped the Pilgrims at Plymouth
Puritans
Wholly religious group taking Calvinism to an extreme, and arguing that those God has saved would try to follow the Scriptures
John Winthrop
Helped gain a charter for creating the Massachusetts colony and believed God would create somewhat of an apocalypse
Congregationalism
A type of Church-based government ruled by the congregation
Antinomianism
The belief that God doesn't expect Christians to obey any moral laws and that they aren't required to observe the Old Testament Law for salvation
Governor Nicolls
First British governor of the New York Colonies (in office 1664-1668)
Duke’s Laws
Set of guidelines laid out in Long Island governing almost every facet of life
Peter Stuyvesant
Last Dutch Director-General of New Netherland, expanded the settlement of New Amsterdam
George Fox
Founded the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers
“Freemen”
Name for voters in colonial Massachusetts
Roger Williams
Started the first Baptist church in America, was an advocate for fair treatment of Native Americans, and started a colony for refugee religious minorities.
Anne Hutchinson
Banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after accused of practicing antinomianism in her private Bible meetings
William Penn
Founder of Pennslyvannia
Charter of Liberties
Also called the Coronation Charter, it was written by Henry I at his Coronation and bound the King to certain laws regarding the treatment of church officials and nobles
True and Absolute Lord Proprietors of Carolina
8 Men (and their heirs) were identified by this by a charter granted to them by Charles II and were given broad feudal powers over the Carolina colonies
Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina
Adopted by the lord proprietors of Carolina but never ratified by the assembly and abandoned by 1700
James Oglethorpe
Founder of Georgia