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Glorious Revolution
The beginning of constitutional monarchy in britain
Colonial regions
New England, Middle, Southern, Chesapeake
New England colonies
Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay
Middle
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Southern
The Carolinas, Georgia
Oliver Cromwell
skilled general and puritan, governed england after the execution of Charles
Joint stock company
business organization in which scores of people could invest without fear of bankruptcy
Richard Hakaluyt
Promoted the settlement of North America through his novels and stories of expeditions
Avarice
extreme greed for material
John Smith
traveled throughout Europe and fought with hungary
Sir John Rolfe
A Virginian tobacco farmer that had married Pocahontas.
Sir Edwin Sandys
Led a faction of stockholders that began to pump life into the Virginia by instituting a series of sweeping reforms.
Virginia Company
A joint-stock corporation given a charter by King James I in 1606.
Headright
A 50-acre lot given to colonists who covered their own transportation cost to America.
House of Burgesses
An elective representative assembly in Virginia.
Sir George Calvert
Wanted a settlement for persecuted Catholics in England.
Lord Baltimore
Given a charter by Charles I for a settlement north of Virginia.
Separatists
the advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group.
William Bradford
(Plymouth governor) (1590–1657) ; military commander of Plymouth during King Philip's War
Mayflower Compact
the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the colonists, later together known to history as the Pilgrims
Squanto
Real name, Tisquantum. He was the Native American who assisted the Pilgrims after their first winter in the New World and was integral to their survival
Puritan
a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship
John Winthrop
obtained a royal charter, along with other wealthy Puritans, from King Charles for the Massachusetts Bay Company and led a group of English Puritans to the New World in 1630
Congregationalism
system of beliefs and church government of a Protestant denomination in which each member church is self-governing
Antinomianism
The belief that the Gospel frees Christians from required obedience to any law, whether scriptural, civil, or moral, and that salvation is attained solely through faith and the gift of divine grace.
Governor Nicolls
commander of the british forces that took control of New York after the Dutch.
Duke's Law
The Duke's Laws covered nearly every aspect of life on Long Island and were published in alphabetical order. they were the laws of the land.
Peter Stuyvesant
served as the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was taken by treaty to the English in 1664, after which it was renamed New York.
George Fox
was an English dissenter and a founder of the religious society commonly known as the Quakers.
"Freemen"
is a term used generally as an English or American Colonial expression in Puritain times, which referred to men who were not under legal restraint.
Roger Williams
was an American Protestant who studies religion, and the first American advocate of religious freedom and the seperation of church and state.
Anne Hutchinson
Spoke outrageous, yet intelligent religious views that had been seen as a threat to the colony. Supposively had experienced divine inspiration.
William Penn
A Quaker of whom founded Pennsylvania.
Charter of Liberties
Established a unicameral legislation within Pennsylvania.
True and Absolute Lord Proprietors of Carolina
Eight powerful courtiers given a charter for land inbetween Virginia and Florida.
Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina
Created a local aristocracy consisting of proprietors and lesser nobles called "langraves" and "cassiques".
James Oglethorpe
A British general and member of Parliament involved in the founding of Georgia.