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20 Cards in this Set
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"city on the hill" |
John Winthrop's idea that the puritans would build a model for the rest of the world |
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acts of religious toleration |
law which allowed all Christians in Maryland religious freedom |
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Bacon's rebellion |
revolution of landless former indentured servants against the colonial government of Virginia |
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domination of new England |
colonial government started by Charles II to bring the puritan colonies under royal control. was hated by colonists. |
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fundamental orders of Connecticut |
first written, colonial constitution |
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glorious revolution |
overthrow of James II by William and Mary |
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Halfway covenant |
Puritan law allowing non-church members some civil and religious rights |
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headright system |
system where a landowner received a grant of 50 acres for every worker whose passage to the colonists that he paid |
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heresy |
crime of disagreeing with the official religion |
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house of burgesses |
first representative legislature in the New World (in Virginia) |
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mayflower compact |
agreement among the settlers at Plymouth regarding how they would run their colony |
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new england confederation |
union of the puritan colonies to defend against the french and indians. it didn't last. |
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persecution |
to be discriminated against, often because race or religion |
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predestination |
the puritan belief that certain people were chose by god to be saved regardless of the lives they led |
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proprietary colony |
a colony founded and owned by a family; eg. pennsylvania or maryland |
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restoration colonies |
colonies given to the followers of charles II as a reward for their loyalty when he regained his throne |
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separatists |
group of strict puritans who wished to leave the church of england completely; the pilgrims |
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subsistence farming |
to grow just enough food on which to survive |
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theocracy |
government dominated by religious beliefs and leaders |
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town meeting |
democratic method of governing where each eligible citizen debates and votes on every issue. usually done in new england. |
