Eggers History 9 Ch. 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Puritans | Wanted to Purify the Church. Split into the Reformists and Separatists |
| Reformists | Wanted to Reform the Church instead of separate from it |
| Separatists | Separated from the Church. Left England and went to Holland, but feared that the Dutch were impacting their children, so they went back to England to board the Mayflower and the Speedwell and go to the New World |
| William Bradford | Separatist leader. Coined the name "pilgrims" |
| Plymouth | Colony the Separatists created. Funded by the Plymouth Co. |
| Squanto | Native American; called a "tool of God" because he could speak English. Taught the Plymouth settlers how to fish and plant food. |
| Mayflower Compact | Plymouth settlers signed this. Said that they were loyal to king and the governor rules by consent of the governed. |
| John Winthrop | As governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, he was instrumental in forming the colony's government and shaping its legislative policy. He envisioned the colony, centered in present-day Boston, as a "city upon a hill" from which Puritans would spread religious righteousness throughout the world. |
| Roger Williams | He founded Rhode Island for separation of Church and State. He believed that the Puritans were too powerful and was ordered to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious beliefs. |
| Anne Hutchinson | She preached the idea that God communicated directly to individuals instead of through the church elders. She was forced to leave Massachusetts in 1637. Her followers (the Antinomianists) founded the colony of New Hampshire in 1639. |
| John Wheelwright | led a group of dissidents from Massachusetts to the north in 1638. They founded the town of Exeter in New Hampshire |
| Thomas Hooker | A Puritan minister who led about 100 settlers out of Massachusetts Bay to Connecticut because he believed that the governor and other officials had too much power. He wanted to set up a colony in Connecticut with strict limits on government. |
| Corporate Colonies | these colonies, such as Jamestown, were operated by joint-stock comp. |
| Royal Colonies | Colonies controlled by the British king through governors appointed by him and through the king's veto power over colonial laws. |
| Proprietary Colonies | Colonies in which the proprietors (who had obtained their patents from the king) named the governors, subject to the king's approval. |
| George Calvert | Title was Lord Baltimore; founded Maryland as a haven for Catholics |
| Act of Toleration | Allowed free worship to all Christians in Maryland |
| New Amsterdam | A settlement established by the Dutch, captured by the English and Duke of York and renamed New York |
| William Kieft | Governor of New Amsterdam; incompetent official who incited the Indian conflict |
| Peter Stuyvesant | Made New Amsterdam prosperous |
| Duke of York | Led fleet that conquered New Amsterdam. Renamed it New York. |
| William Penn | Quaker; the King was in debt to his father so he gave him land in America. Founded Pennsylvania |
| Society of Friends | Another name for Quakers (called quakers because they quaked with emotion in church) |
| Anthony Ashley Cooper | Set out a way to keep strict social order within the Carolinas |
| Seigneurs | people granted land by the King of France |
| Leetmen | Men who worked on the divided land of the seigneurs |
| James Oglethorpe | Wantd a colony where unfortunates could have a new start. Founded Georgia. |
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