History Co-op 1-12
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
Northwest Passage | believed to provide passage to the Pacific ocean from the Atlantic. |
Separatists | Puritans who broke from the church of England |
Puritans | Men who wanted to reform the Church of England from the Inside |
Church of England | Protestant Church led by the king of England |
Jamestown | First permanent English settlement in North America (1607) |
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 |
John Winthrop | Calvinist, devised concept of "city on a hill" ("A Model of Christian Charity"); founded highly successful towns in Massachusetts Bay |
Atlantic Slave trade | often debtors sold to slave traders by African kings seeking riches; Columbian Exchange |
Maryland act of religious toleration | mandated the toleration of all christian denominations in maryland, even though maryland was founded for catholics |
William Penn & 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 |
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