religious devotion
What attracted the original settlers to the northern colonies?
Martin Luther
German friar, nailed protests against Catholic doctrines to the door of Wittenberg's cathedral in 1517, declared that the Bible alone was the source of God's word
John Calvin
of Geneva, creator of Calvinism, as it became the dominant theological credo of the New England Puritans, wrote Institutes of the Christian Religion which said humans were all weak and God was all knowing, introduced predestination
predestination
Calvinist doctrine that God has foreordained some people to be saved and some to be damned, even though people did not know their fate, they lived sanctified lives to show to others that they were members of the elect
conversion
receipt of God's free gift of saving grace
King Henry VII
broke ties with the Roman Catholic Church and became head of the Church of England
Puritans
stimulated by King Henry's breaking with the Roman Catholic Church, came from commercially depressed woolen districts, relied on Calvinism which fed on the social unrest and economic disadvantage of this religious group
Separatists
a group of extremely devout Puritans who were angered that they, the "visible saints" were forced to share pews with the damned in England, the most famous group were harassed out of the land by King James I who did not want to be defied politically, as these people moved into Holland
Dutchification
happened to the children of the Separatists in Holland that distressed them greatly
Mayflower
the ship that the Separatists sailed to New England on after securing a charter with the Virginia Company after living in Holland
Captain Myles Standish
Separatist who sailed on the Mayflower, Indian fighter and negotiator
Plymouth Bay
location chosen by the Pilgrims to settle, became squatters here since they had missed the land under their charter
Mayflower Compact
written by the pilgrims, a simple agreement to form a crude government and to submit to the will of the majority under the regulations agreed upon
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How many survivors of the 102 Pilgrims were left after their first winter?
Thanksgiving
in 1621, the year after the Pilgrims arrived in New England, the celebration of bountiful harvests
fur, fish, lumber
three things that stimulated the early Pilgrims' economy
beaver and Bible
two mainstays of the Pilgrims, one for the body and one for the soul
William Bradford
self taught scholar who was leader of the Pilgrims, elected governor 30 times
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Who did the Pilgrims merge with in 1691?
Massachusetts Bay Company
formed by non Separatist Puritans who feared for their faith and England's future (after Charles I had dismissed Parliament due to the Puritans)
Massachusetts Bay Colony
began on a larger scale than any other colony,
Barbados
sugar rich island in the West Indies
Great Migration
occurred when about 70,000 refugees left England
John Winthrop
became the Massachusetts Bay Colony's first governor (served for 19 years), believing he had a call to do so, was also an attorney and manor in England, thought that democracy was the meanest and worst of all governments
fur trading, fishing, and shipbuilding
three main industries of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Congregational Church
comprised of all "freemen," or adult males who belonged to the Puritan congregations
Bible Commonwealth
when religious leaders powerfully influenced admission to church membership by conducting public interrogations
John Cotton
educated at Cambridge University, emigrated to Massachusetts to avoid persecution for his criticism of the Church of England, one of the early clergymembers in the Bible Commonwealth
Protestant Ethic
involved serious commitment to work and engagement in worldly pursuits, shared by the Puritans
Quakers
an early group persecuted by the Puritans
Anne Hutchinson
challenged Puritan orthodoxy, claimed that a holy life was no sure sign of salvation and that the truly saved need not bother to obey the law of God or man, known as antinomianism (Greek for against the law), banished by the Puritans, killed by Indians while moving to New York
Roger Williams
extreme Separatist, denied the authority of civil government to regulate religious behavior, condemned the Bay Colony's charter for not compensating the Indians for their land, was banished for disseminating "newe and dangerous opinions," built a Baptist church in Providence, Rhode Island
Connecticut
the valley of the _____ River attracted Dutch and English settlers
Reverend Thomas Hooker
lead a group of Boston Puritans into Hartford, Connecticut
Fundamental Orders
modern constitution created by the Connecticut River colony
New Haven
founded in Connecticut by Puritans who contrived to set up an even closer church government alliance than in Massachusetts
Sir Ferdinando Gorges
attempted to colonize Maine and the surrounding areas, but they were absorbed by Massachusetts Bay after a formal purchase in 1677 from the Gorges heirs
Squanto
Wampanoag Indian who facilitated cultural accommodation with the Pilgrims, celebrated Thanksgiving with them and the rest of the Wampanoags after signing a treaty with them
King Philip's War
occured when Metacom, son of Massasoit, forged an alliance with other Indian tribes and attacked the Europeans after the Pequot War
New England Confederation
comprised of Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth, New Haven, and Connecticut valley settlements, created for defense against the Indians, the French, and the Dutch
Dominion of New England
imposed from London, designed to promote efficiency in the administration of the English Navigation Laws, headed by Sir Edmund Andros, who established headquarters in Puritanical Boston, affiliated with the Church of England
Navigation Laws
sought to stitch England's overseas possessions more tightly to the motherland by throttling American trade with countries not ruled by the English crown, caused smuggling
Glorious Revolution
when the people of England dethroned the Catholic James II, caused the collapse of the Dominion of New England, as a Boston mob rose against the regime
salutary neglect
unofficial policy of relaxed royal control over colonial trade and only weak enforcement of Navigation Laws, lasted from the Glorious Revolution to the end of the French and Indian War
Netherlands
won their independence with the help of England, emerged as a major commercial and naval power, fought three Anglo Dutch naval wars with the English, became a leading colonial power in the east Indies, started the Dutch East India Company
Henry Hudson
English explorer hired by Dutch East India Company, ventured into Delaware Bay and new york Bay hoping to find a shortcut through the continent, but had merely filled a Dutch claim to a wooded and watered area
Dutch West India Company
maintained profitable enterprises in the Caribbean, established outposts in Africa and a thriving sugar industry in Brazil, bought Manhattan Island from the Indians
New Netherland
located in the Hudson River area, established by the Dutch West India Company for its quick profit fur trade, always a secondary interest
New Amsterdam
later New York City, located in New Netherland, company town, Quakers were abused here
patroonship
vast tracts of land along the Hudson River in New Netherlands granted to wealthy promoters in exchange for bringing fifty settlers to the property
Thirty Years War
lead by Protestant King Gustavus Adolphus, caused Sweden to colonize New Sweden on the Delaware River
Peter Stuyvesant
"Father Wooden Leg," lead the Dutch to attack the Swedish and absorb New Sweden
New York
Charles II granted this area to his brother, the Duke of York, as the English took over New Netherland in the area, very aristocratic and autocratic
Religious Society of Friends
official name for the Quakers
Quakers
refused to support the established Church of England with taxes, congregated without clergy, spoke up in town meetings, abhorred strife and warfare and refused military service, persecuted in England
William Penn
hoped to establish an asylum for his Quaker people, experiment with liberal ideas in government, and make a profit, secured land called Pennsylvania from the king for his father's death, best advertised of all colonies, later was arrested three times for treason and died of a stroke
Philadelphia
Greek for brotherly love
blue laws
also known as sumptuary laws, designed to restrict personal behavior in accord with a strict code of morality, passed across the colonies, particularly in Puritan New England and Quaker Pennsylvania
Delaware
named after Lord De La Warr, harbored some Quakers, was under the rule of Pennsylvania until the American Revolution
bread colonies
term for Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey, describing their heavy grain exports
lumbering and shipbuilding
two economies in the middle colonies