What were the principal colonial regions of North America? Discuss their similarities and their differences. Contrats the development of their political systems.
See Section North American Regions
Toleration Act
Act passed in 1661 by King Charles II ordering a stop to religious persecution in Massachusetts.
Discuss the development of class differences in Spanish, French and British colonies in the eighteenth century.
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Ecomienda
In spanish colonies the grant to a spanish settler of a certain number of indian subjects, who would pay him tribute in coods and labor.
Discuss the effects of the Great Awakening on the subsequent history of the british colonies.
See Section "The cultural transformation of british north america"
Enlightenment
Intellectual movement stressing hte importance of reason and the existence of discoverable natural laws.
Almanac
A combination calendar astrological guide, and sourcebook of medical advice and farming tips.
Half-Way Covenant
Plan adopted in 1662 by New England clergy to deal with the problem of declining church membership, allowing children of baptized parents to be baptized whether or not their parents had experienced conversion.
Congregationalists
Members of Puritan churches governed by congregations.
Calvinist theology of predestination
Belief that God has predestined a certain individuals to be saved and others to be damned.
Great Awakening
North American religious revival in the middle of the eighteenth century.
New Lights
People who experienced conversion during the revivals of the Great Awakening.
Old Lights
Religious faction that condemned emotional enthusiasm as part of the heresy of believing in a personal and direct relationship with God outside the order of the church.
