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64 Cards in this Set
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The first agreement for self-government in America
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Mayflower Compact
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Pilgrim governor helped them survive droughts, crop failures, and Indian attacks
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William Bradford
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Separatists who believed that the Church of England could not be reformed and left England
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Pilgrims
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Puritan company agreement to emigrate to New England and control of the government of the colony.
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Cambridge Agreement
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The national church of England, Protestant.
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Church of England (Anglican Church)
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first governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony, opposed democracy
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John Winthrop
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believed that the Church of England could not be reformed, and so started their own congregations.
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Separatists
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believed that the Church of England could be purified through reforms
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non-separatists
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Protestant sect believed in strong moral code and predestination
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Calvinism
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Church formed by Separatists
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Congregational Church
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preached that God communicated directly to individuals instead of through the church elders
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Anne Hutchinson
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Left Massachusetts colony to found Rhode Island for religious freedom
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Roger Williams
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Puritan teachings emphasized covenant of grace between God and man
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Covenant theology
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allowed the children of Puritans to participate in church affairs.
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Half-way Covenant
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Clergyman founder of Hartford said people have a right to choose their magistrates.
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Thomas Hooker
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First constitution written in America unifying town governments of Connecticut
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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It organized churches into associations which sent delegates to Connecticut assembly
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Saybrook Platform
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First public education legislation in America
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Massachusetts School Law
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Formed for the defense of New England colonies
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New England Confederation
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battles between the colonists and Indians led by a chief known as King Philip.
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King Philip’s War
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combined NE colonies into a single province headed by a royal governor (Andros).
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Dominion of New England
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Governor of the Dominion of New England forced resign by colonists
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Sir Edmond Andros
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company made up of shareholders contributing money in return for profits
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Joint stock company
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land given to colonists who brought indentured servants into America
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Headright system
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brought leadership and discipline to Jamestown
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John Smith
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English settler at Jamestown (and he married Pocahontas) introduced tobacco successfully
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John Rolfe
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first legislative body in colonial America
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House of Burgesses
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troops loyal to Charles II, Their opponents were the Roundheads
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Cavaliers
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angry western settlers who defeated Doeg Indians and burned Jamestown
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Bacon’s Rebellion
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colony formed as a buffer between the Carolinas and Florida.
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Georgia
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Founder/governor of military-like Georgia
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James Oglethorpe
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used land grant from King to form a colony for Quakers and religious freedom
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William Penn
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William Penn’s term for the government of Pennsylvania
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Holy experiment
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the hated governor of New Amsterdam who surrendered colony to the English
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Peter Stuyvesant
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federation of tribes also known as the Iroquois Confederacy
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Five Nations
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outbreak of religious fervor that swept through the colonies
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Great Awakening
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gave gripping sermons about sin and the torments of Hell
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Jonathan Edwards
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Credited with starting the Great Awakening a leader of the "New Lights."
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George Whitefield
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new religious movements formed during the Great Awakening
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New Lights
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the established congregational church or orthodox churches during Great Awakening
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"Old Lights"
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guaranteed religious freedom to all Christians
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Maryland Act of Toleration
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The religion of the Enlightenment believed that God left the world run by its own natural laws
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Deism
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economic policy of exporting more than is imported
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Mercantilism
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regulations to protect British shipping from competition
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Navigation Acts
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established to enforce Navigation Acts, judges without a jury.
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Admiralty courts
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taxed all molasses, rum, and sugar which most colonial merchants ignored
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Molasses Act
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Declared that wool produced in the colonies could only be exported to Britain.
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Woolens Act
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Declared that no new iron forges or mills could be created in the colonies
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Iron Act
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banned the production of paper money in the colonies
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Currency Act
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a man’s real property pass in its entirety to his oldest son.
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Primogeniture
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would serve for a set length of time (usually seven years) in exchange for transport to America
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Indentured servants
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A Puritan and the first colonial poet to be published. The main subjects of her poetry were family, home, and religion.
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Ann Bradstreet
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English document limiting the power of the king.
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Magna Carta
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extending Parliament’s taxation powers while limiting the king’s and established some individual rights
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Petition of Right
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Allows arrested person to challenge the legality of his arrest
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Habeas Corpus Act
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Advisors to the king who regulated British trade
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Board of Trade
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policy in dealing with colonies allowing unrestricted trade in the
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"Salutary neglect"
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A philosophical movement which emphasized reason and the scientific method
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The Enlightenment
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a representative not elected by his constituents, but he resembles them in his political beliefs and goals
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virtual representation
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The house elected by the people became more powerful because it reflected
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Rise of the Lower House
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Colony founded by an owner
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Proprietary colony
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colony founded by a government charter granted to a company or a group of people
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Charter colony
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colony formed by the king, so the government had total control over them
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Royal colony
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representatives sent to Parliament to serve as a link between England and the colonies.
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Colonial agents
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