Chapter 3 Society and Culture in Provincial America
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Congregationalism | Denomination of Protestantism |
| Patriarchy | Families dominated by a male figure (father) |
| Covenant | A sacred promise or oath binding together all the community in a religious or social agreement |
| Harvard | College that was at first est. to ordain ministers |
| William and Mary | College named for the Protestants who overthrew James II in the Glorious Revolution |
| Town meetings | Annual gathering to make decisions or choose their "selectmen" or leaders |
| The Great Awakening | Response to the country's growing religious dissent; Preachers went up and down the American coast preaching |
| "Visible Saints" | Residents of Puritan society with a "confident salvation" |
| Scotch-Irish | Most of the immigrants; Scottish Presbyterians who had settled in northern Ireland |
| Dutch | Controlled New Amsterdam |
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