Colonial History (1600-1763)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Separists vs. non-Separist Puritans | Radical Calvinists against the Church of England; Separists (Pilgrims) argued for a break from the Church of England, led the Mayflower, and established the settlement at Plymouth |
| Northwest Passage | believed to provide shortcut from Atlantic to Pacific, searched for by Giovanni de Verrazano for Francis I in the race to Asian wealth |
| Conversion Experience | required of members of the Puritan Church; took the place of baptism required by the Catholic Church |
| Social Reciprocity | society naturally punishes criminals indiscriminately |
| Church of England | Protestant church led by the king of England, independent of Catholic Church; tended toward Catholicism during reign of Catholic royalty |
| Atlantic slave trade | often debtors sold to slave traders by African kings seeking riches; Columbian Exchange |
| Jamestown | first permanent English settlement in the Americas (1607), along James River |
| John Smith | introduced work ethic to Jamestown colony, sanitation, diplomat to local Native American tribes; had fought Spanish and Turks |
| Pocahontas | key to English-Native American relationship, died in England in 1617 |
| Mayflower Compact | foundation for self-government laid out by the first Massachusetts settlers before arriving on land |
| John Winthrop | Calvinist, devised concept of "city on a hill" ("A Model of Christian Charity"); founded highly successful towns in Massachusetts Bay |
| "City on a Hill" | exemplary Christian community, rich to show charity, held to Calvinistic* beliefs |
| Indentured servants | settlers to pay the expenses of a servant's voyage and be granted land for each person they brought over; headright* system |
| Maryland Act of Religious Toleration (1649) | mandated the toleration of all Christian denominations in Maryland, even though Maryland was founded for Catholics (but majorly was protestant) |
| James I, Charles I | reluctant to give colonists their own government, preferred to appoint royal governors |
| William Penn and the Quakers | settled in Pennsylvania, believed the "Inner Light" could speak through any person and ran religious services without ministers |
| Roger Williams | challenged New Englanders to completely separate Church from State, as the State would corrupt the church |
| Anne Huchinson | challenged New England Calvinist ministers' authority, as they taught the good works for salvation of Catholicism |
| The Half-Way Covenant | New Englanders who did not wish to relate their conversion experiences could become half-way saints so that their children would be able to have the opportunity to be saints |
| Bacon's Rebellion | rebels felt the governor of Virginia failed to protect the frontier from the Native Americans |
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