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29 Cards in this Set
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fraternizing
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to socialize in a friendly way
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contemporary
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of about the same age or date
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antinomianism
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a person who maintains that Christians are freed from the moral law by virtue of grace as set forth in the gospel.
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inquisitors
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a questioner who is harsh
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heresy
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any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs, customs, etc.
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incursion
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a hostile entrance into or invasion of a place or territory
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encroachment
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entry to another's property without right or permission
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chafed
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to rub
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despotic
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a ruler with absolute power
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indentures
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A contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
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incursion
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hostile entrance into or invasion of a place or territory
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semiautonomous
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partially self-governing
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asylum
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an inviolable refuge, as formerly for criminals and debtors; sanctuary
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John Calvin
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French theologian and reformer in Switzerland: leader in the Protestant Reformation
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Anne Hutchinson
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English-born American colonist and religious leader who was banished from Boston (1637) for her religious beliefs, which included an emphasis on personal intuition as a means toward salvation.
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Roger Williams
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English clergyman in America: founder of Rhode Island colony 1636.
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Henry Hudson
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English navigator and explorer who discovered (1609) the Hudson River on an expedition for the East India Company.
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William Bradford
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Pilgrim settler: second governor of Plymouth Colony 1621–56.
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Peter Stuyvesant
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The last Dutch governor (1646-1664) of New Netherland, he was unpopular for his harsh leadership and in 1664 was forced to surrender the colony to England.
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Thomas Hooker
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English Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of the colony of Connecticut.
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William Penn
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English Quaker: founder of Pennsylvania 1682
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John Winthrop
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English colonist in America: 1st governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony
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John Cotton
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U.S. clergyman, colonist, and author
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Sir Edmund Andros
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British governor in the American colonies
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New England Confederation
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political and military alliance of the British colonies of Massachusetts , Plymouth , Connecticut , and New Haven
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Dominion of New England
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was a short-lived administrative union of English colonies in the New England region of North America
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Glorious Revolution
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the revolution against James II; there was little armed resistance to William and Mary in England
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covenant
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an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified
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benign neglect
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an attitude or policy of noninterference or neglect of a situation, which may have a more beneficial effect than assuming responsibility; well-intentioned neglect
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