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81 Cards in this Set
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1.) John Smith
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Who- Admiral of England
When- During the early voyages to the new world in the early 1600s Significance- Established the first permanent English settlement in North America at Jamestown, Virginia |
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2.) Jamestown
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What- A town located on the island of Jamestown
When- During the early New World voyages in 1607 Significance- First permanent English settlement in the New World |
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3.) Joinstock Company
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What- Corporation or partnership involving two or more legal persons.
When- During the Colonial period Significance- Helped transports for Settlers |
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4.) Indentured Servant
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Who- A worker under contract to an employer for a fixed period of time
When- During the settling period in the New world Significance- Indentured servants did alot of the labor |
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5.) Puritans
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Who- English-Speaking Protestants
When- 16th and 17th centuries Significance- Foundation for American Democracy |
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6.) John Winthrop
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Who- Puritan
When- Puritan's arrival to New World Significance- Gave the "City Upon a Hill" sermon |
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7.) King Philips War
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What- Was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants
When- Mid-seventeen century Significance- Named after the leader of the Native American side |
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8.) The Headright System
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What- A system used in Jamestown, Virginia
When- Early 1600s Significance- It attracted immigrants |
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9.) The Calverts
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Who- The Calverts were Catholic and business
When- 1632-1655 Significance- They established Maryland |
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10.) Bacon's Rebellion
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What- Rebellion against fighting the Natives led by Berkely
When- 1676, during the settling in the New World Significance- Started agreement enforcement with the Natives |
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11.) William Penn
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Who- An English Real Estate entrepreneur
When- 1680s Significance- Founded present day Pennsylvania and Delaware |
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12.) Quakers
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Who- Religion based on the community of friendships
When- Religious turmoil in colonies Significance- A christian denomination that is practiced unto this day |
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13.) Mercantilism
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What- An economic theory in which the prosperity of a nation is dependent upon its supply of capital
When- 16th to late 18 century Significance- The theory dominated Western European economic policies |
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14.) Navigation Acts
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What- A series of laws which restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England and its colonies
When- Began in 1651 Significance- A factor to th Anglo-Dutch wars |
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15.) Roger William
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Who- American Protestant theologian
When- 1630s Significance- Began the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
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16.) Anne Hutchinson
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Who- A pioneer settler in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Netherlands
When- Late 1500s to Mid- 1600s Significance- Spoke out for women's place in society |
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17.) John Coodes Rebellion
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Who- A man that lead a rebellion that overthrew Maryland's colonial government in 1689
When- 1689 Significance- Led Protestant rebellion against Catholic rule |
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Incas
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Who- A tribe that began its first Empire, kingdom Cuzco in South America
When- Around the 1200 Significance- Used math and Quipus |
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Mayas
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Who- Mesoamerican civilization
When- 17th Century Significance- Had sophisticated astronomical, written language, and mathematical systems |
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Aztecs
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Who- Ethnic groups of Mexico in which they spoke the Nahuatl language
When- Late 1400s early 1500s Significance-Led Spanish to the knowledge of gold in the area |
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Chaco Canyon
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What- A canyon consisted densely of Pueblos
When- 15th Century Significance- Was home to Apache and Navajo Pueblos |
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Woodland Indians
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Who- Natives that flourished in the Northeastern and midwestern U.S.
When- 200 BCE-500CE Significance- Harvested Agriculture |
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Mobile Societies
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What- Great Plain tribes
When- 1850s Significance-Travelled during bison migration |
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Agriculture
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What- Stationary tribes that grew crops
When- Colonial settlement Significance- Grew important staple foods |
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Leif Erikson
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Who- A Norse Explorer believed to be the first to land on North America
When- 500 years before Colombus Significance- Considered first man to land on North America |
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Prince Henry The Navigator
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Who- A Portuguese prince of Portugal
When- Early 1300s Mid 1400s Significance- Established sea routes |
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Christopher Columbus
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Who- An explorer, navigator, colonizer from Genoa, Italy
When- Late 1400 Significance- Discovered the New World |
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Who- Portuguese explorer
When- Early 1500s Significance- First person to Travel around the Earth |
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The Conquistadors
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Who- The Spanish that dominated over much of the Americas
When- 15th-19th Centuries Significance- Brought much of South America under their control |
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Cortes
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Who- Spanish conquistador
When- early 1600th century Significance- Conquered the Aztec empire |
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Fransisco Pizarro
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Who- Spanish Conquistador
When- Mid 1500s Century Significance- Conquered Incan Empire |
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Ordinance of Discovery
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What- Al aw given by King Philip
When- Significance- It kept track of political and agricultural thigs |
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Catholic Missions
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What- Religious and Military outposts constructed by the Spanish Catholics
When- Late 1700s to Early 1800s Significance- Used to spread Christian Fiath among local Native Americans |
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St. Augustine 1565
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What- A city in Northeast section of Florida
When- Mid 1500s Significance- Oldest, Continously occupied city in U.S. |
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Ecomiendas
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What- Labor System that was employed by the Spanish Crown
When- Beginning 1500s Significance- Extra labor helped out |
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Pueblo Revolt 1680
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What- Rebellion consisting of Native Pueblos against settleing Spaniards
When- 1680 Significance- Stated the Natives voice on Spanish invaders |
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Mestizo
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Who- People of European/American history
When- late 1500s Significance- A widely used term during the afterperiod of colonization |
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John Cabot
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Who- Italian navigator and explorer
When- late 1400s Significance- discovered North America |
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Richard Hakluyt
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Who- English writer
When- Late 1500s Significance- Pomoted and supported the sttlement of North America |
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Doctrine of Predestination
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What- A doctrine from Calvinism which is about God's control over the world
When- Mid 1500s Significance- Means that all God determines Men eternal life |
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The English Reformation
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What- When the church broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman catholic Church
When- 16th century Significance- Protestant Reformation |
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John Calvin
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Who- French theologian and Pastor
When- early 1500s Significance- Principal figure in the development of Calvinism |
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Puritan Separatists
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Who- A significant grouping of English-speaking Protestants
When- 16th and 17th Centuries Significance- Dominant Religion in Colonial Times |
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Elizabeth I
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Who- Queen of England
When- Mid 1500s Significance- 5th and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty |
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Coureurs de Bois
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What- Someone that traded fur illegaly
When- 17th Century Significance- Traded with everyone |
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New Amsterdam
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What- A town on Manhattan Island
When- 1600s Significance- Capital of the province |
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West India Company
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What- chartered company of Dutch merchants
When- 16th century to 17th century Significance- Traded with the Americas |
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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Who- An English Aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courier, spy and explorer
When- Mid 1500s to 1600s Significance- Made tobacco popular in England |
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Roanoke
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Who- A town on present-day Roanoke Island
When- Mid 1500s Significance- City that failed to colonize due to the neglect of England |
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James I
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Who- King of Scots
When- Late 1500s to early 1600s Significance- Succeeded his mother Mary Queen of Scots |
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Lord Delaware
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Who- An Englishman on which they named Delaware after
When- late 1500s to early 1600s Significance- They named Delaware after him |
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Tobacco
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What- Agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana
When- 1500s Significance- Important cash crop |
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Virginia Company
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What- Pair of English joint stock companies
When- Early 1600s Significance- Had the goal to establish settlements on the coast of North American |
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Powhatans
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Who- The name of a Virginia Indian tribe
When- early 1600 Significance- They had hostilities with colonists |
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Maryland/ Calverts
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Who- Unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland, United States
When- 1700s Significance- "East Nottingham Friends House" used as a hospital for a short time |
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Propriety Rule
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What- It propertied immigrants to the colony
When- Early 1700s Significance- Supposed to protect settlers |
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Toleration Act
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What- An Act that granted freedom of worship to Noncomformorists
When- Late 1600s Significance- It allowed Nonconformists their own places of worship and their own teachers and preachers, subject to acceptance of certain oaths of allegiance. |
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Plymouth Plantation
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What- English Colonial venture in North America
When- 1600s Significance- Modern town of Plymouth, Massachusetts |
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Mayflower Compact
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What- The first governing document of Plymouth Colony
When- Early 1600s Significance- The first governing document of Plymouth Colony |
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William Bradford
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Who- English leader of settlers of the Plymouth Colony in Massacvhusetts
When- Late 1500s to Early 1600s Significance- Elected 30 times for governer |
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Colonial Currenecy
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What- The "Real" Spanish Colony Currency
When- Colonial era Significance- Colonial Money |
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Theocratic society
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What- A form of society in which the form of government in which a god or deity is recognized as the state's supreme civil ruler,
When- 1600s Significance- Important society change |
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Pequot war
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What- armed conflict between an alliance of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies with Native American allies
When- 1630s Significance- Extermination of Pequot tribes |
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The Narragansetts
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Who- Algonquian Native American tribe from Rhode Island
When- 17th century Significance- Rebellious tribe against English settlers |
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English Civil War
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What- a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists
When- Mid 1600s Significance- Ended English Monarchy |
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Middle Colonies
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What- Colonies in which they grew wheat, grains and oats
When- 1600s Significance- Grew much of primordial staple foods |
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Charter of liberties
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What- Written Procclamation
When- 1100 Significance- A landmark document, which sought to put laws on the king to certain laws regarding the treatment of church officials and nobles |
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Black codes
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What- Laws limiting African American rights ad Civil Liberties
When- 19th Century Significance- Inhumane act |
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Holy Experiment
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What- An attempt by the Quakers to establish a community for themselves in Pennsylvania
When- 1600s Significance- Tangible evidence that they can survive alone |
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California 1760's
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What- Period of Californian development
When- 1660s Significance- The first 21st missions were established |
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James Oglethorpe
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Who- A British general and philanthropist
When- 1700s Significance- Founded Georgia |
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Sir Edmond Andros
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Who- In charge of Dominion
When- 1700s Significance- enforced Navigation Laws |
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The Glorious Revolution
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What- The overthrow of King James II of England
When- 1680s Significance- Bill of Rights became important |
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Cambridge Agreement
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What- an agreement between the shareholders of the Massachusetts Bay Company
When- 1620s Significance- Stated that Massachusetts was self-governing |
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Church of England (Anglican)
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What- Officially established Church
When- 1600s Significance- the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches |
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Covenant Theology
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What- Conceptual overview and interpretive framework for understanding the overall flow of the Bible
When- 1500s Significance- It uses the theological concept of covenant as an organizing principle for Christian theology |
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Halfway Covenant
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What- Form of partial church membership
When-Mid-1600s Significance- It made sure no one strayed from own religion |
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Thomas Hooker
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Who- Prominent Puritan religious and colonial leader
When- Late 1500s to Early 1600s Significance- Founded the Colony of Connecticut |
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Saybrook Platform
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What- Cnservative religious proposals adopted at Saybrook, Connecticut
When- Early 1700s Significance- Tried to unify Congregational churches and restore discipline between Clergy and their congregations |
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Cavaliers 1642-1647
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What- Name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I
When- During English Civil War Significance- Helps King Charles I in English Civil War |
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John Locke
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Who- English philosopher and physician
When- 1600s Significance- One of the most influential of theEnlightenment thinkers |
