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36 Cards in this Set
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Massachusetts Bay Company
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A stock joint company that King Charles issued. There was a loop hole = self governing colony |
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John Winthrop
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Quote "We wish to be a city upon a hill" |
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Great Migration
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When 25,000 came to New World |
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City Upon A Hill |
(Boston) To be an example to others based on God's truth |
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Harvard College
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To prepare young men for ministry. 1636 |
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Education in Massachusetts
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Made parents teach how to read to the children. |
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Ole' Deluder Satan Act
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Town school system where if a town had at least 50 families they need a teacher to teach to read and write. If a town had 100 families they needed to learn Latin for Harvard.
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John Elliott
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Wanted to teach Indians Gods word. he learned the Algonquin language. He translates Bible into this language. Was the apostle to Indians |
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Algonquin Bible
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Became the first Bible printed in America. |
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Our Puritan Heritage and Work Ethic
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1 a man is called to work 2 all work has a sense of nobility 3 a Christian's serves God best by working diligently, faithfully in a colony |
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Thomas Hooker
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Reverend and founded Hartford |
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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document that establish representative government. considered to be the first constitution of America
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Providence
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Settled in Rhode Island by Roger Williams |
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Baptist in Rhode Island
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Island |
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New England Confederation
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First voluntary American Union defending themselves together from the Indians. Settled the King Phillips War |
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King Philips War
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Fierce Indian Uprising. King Phillip turns Indians against white settlers because they are selling alcohol to them |
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Rhode Island
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freedom |
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Glorious Revolution
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William and Mary
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Given English crown after the Glorious Revolution. |
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Henry Hudson |
Claimed New Amsterdam (New York) for the Dutch/Hudson River named after him |
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New Amsterdam |
Original name for modern day New York |
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New Netherland
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New Amsterdam, Fort Orange, and other settlements that were claimed by the Dutch |
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Proprietary Colony
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A colony given to a Nobleman by the King and made proprietor (or governor) of the colony |
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New York
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King Charles II granted new Netherland to his brother (Duke of York) New Amsterdam, New Netherland became New York/ under British control |
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Maryland
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First successful proprietary colony; name Maryland in honor of the queen |
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toleration act
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In 1649; granted freedom of worship to those who worshipped Jesus Christ |
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King Charles II |
He granted New Netherlands to Duke of York; granted the Carolinas to 8 proprietors. |
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Carolinas
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Began as a proprietory colony with 8 proprietors named after the king (name in Latin is Carolus) |
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Quakers |
Society of friends. Religious group; separatists. Faced persecution in England so fled to new world |
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William Penn
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Founded Pennsylvania and became Quaker as a young man |
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Pennsylvania |
The haven for Quakers |
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Delaware
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Georgia
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last of 13 colonies to be settled. settled not for profit, but given away |
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Foundations of a free nation
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nearly all immigrants came seeking freedom; foundations: strong belief in the Bible, family life, independent churches, representative government, free enterprise, industry and frugality |
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New jersey
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Offered land on easy terms and religious freedom |
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Philadelphia |
City of brotherly love |
