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Mayflower Compact - CORRECT ANSWERS 1620 - The first agreement for self-
government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a
government for the Plymouth colony.
William Bradford - CORRECT ANSWERS A Pilgrim, the second governor of the
Plymouth colony, 1621-1657. He developed private land ownership and helped
colonists get out of debt. He helped the colony survive droughts, crop failures, and
Indian attacks.
Pilgrims and Puritans contrasted - CORRECT ANSWERS The Pilgrims were
separatists who believed that the Church of England could not be reformed.
Separatist groups were illegal in England, so the Pilgrims fled to America and settled
in Plymouth. The Puritans were non-separatists who wished to adopt reforms to
purify the Church of England. They received a right to settle in the Massachusetts
Bay area from the King of England.
Massachusetts Bay Colony - CORRECT ANSWERS 1629 - King Charles gave
the Puritans a right to settle and govern a colony in the Massachusetts Bay area.
The colony established political freedom and a representative government.
Cambridge Agreement - CORRECT ANSWERS 1629 - The Puritan stockholders
of the Massachusetts Bay Company agreed to emigrate to New England on the
condition that they would have control of the government of the colony.
Puritan migration - CORRECT ANSWERS Many Puritans emigrated from
England to America in the 1630s and 1640s. During this time, the population of the
Massachusetts Bay colony grew to ten times its earlier population.
Church of England (Anglican Church) - CORRECT ANSWERS The national
church of England, founded by King Henry VIII. It included both Roman Catholic and
Protestant ideas.
John Winthrop (1588-1649), his beliefs - CORRECT ANSWERS 1629 - He
became the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony, and served in that
capacity from 1630 through 1649. A Puritan with strong religious beliefs. He
opposed total democracy, believing the colony was best governed by a small group
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of skillful leaders. He helped organize the New England Confederation in 1643 and
served as its first president.
Separatists, non-separatists - CORRECT ANSWERS Non-separatists (which
included the Puritans) believed that the Church of England could be purified through
reforms. Separatists (which included the Pilgrims) believed that the Church of
England could not be reformed, and so started their own congregations.
Calvinism - CORRECT ANSWERS Protestant sect founded by John Calvin.
Emphasized a strong moral code and believed in predestination (the idea that God
decided whether or not a person would be saved as soon as they were born).
Calvinists supported constitutional representative government and the separation of
church and state.
Congregational Church, Cambridge Platform - CORRECT ANSWERS The
Congregational Church was founded by separatists who felt that the Church of
England retained too many Roman Catholic beliefs and practices. The Pilgrims were
members of the Congregational Church. The Cambridge Platform stressed morality
over church dogma.
Contrast Puritan colonies with others - CORRECT ANSWERS Puritan colonies
were self-governed, with each town having its own government which led the
people in strict accordance with Puritan beliefs. Only those members of the
congregation who had achieved grace and were full church members (called the
"elect," or "saints") could vote and hold public office. Other colonies had different
styles of government and were more open to different beliefs.
Anne Hutchinson, Antinomianism - CORRECT ANSWERS 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.
Roger Williams, Rhode Island - CORRECT ANSWERS 1635 - He left the
Massachusetts colony and purchased the land from a neighboring Indian tribe to
found the colony of Rhode Island. Rhode Island was the only colony at that time to
offer complete religious freedom.
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Covenant theology - CORRECT ANSWERS Puritan teachings emphasized the
biblical covenants: God's covenants with Adam and with Noah, the covenant of
grace between God and man through Christ.
Voting granted to church members - 1631 - CORRECT ANSWERS 1631 - The
Massachusetts general court passed an act to limit voting rights to church
members.
Half-way Covenant - CORRECT ANSWERS The Half-way Covenant applied to
those members of the Puritan colonies who were the children of church members,
but who hadn't achieved grace themselves. The covenant allowed them to
participate in some church affairs.
Brattle Street Church - CORRECT ANSWERS 1698 - Founded by Thomas
Brattle. His church differed from the Puritans in that it did not require people to
prove that they had achieved grace in order to become full church members.
Thomas Hooker - CORRECT ANSWERS Clergyman, one of the founders of
Hartford. Called "the father of American democracy" because he said that people
have a right to choose their magistrates.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut - CORRECT ANSWERS Set up a unified
government for the towns of the Connecticut area (Windsor, Hartford, and
Wethersfield). First constitution written in America.
Saybrook Platform - CORRECT ANSWERS It organized town churches into
county associations which sent delegates to the annual assembly which governed
the colony of Connecticut.
Massachusetts School Law - CORRECT ANSWERS First public education
legislation in America. It declared that towns with 50 or more families had to hire a
schoolmaster and that towns with over 100 families had to found a grammar school.
Harvard founded - CORRECT ANSWERS 1636 - Founded by a grant form the
Massachusetts general court. Followed Puritan beliefs.
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New England Confederation - CORRECT ANSWERS 1643 - Formed to provide
for the defense of the four New England colonies, and also acted as a court in
disputes between colonies.
King Philip's War - CORRECT ANSWERS 1675 - A series of battles in New
Hampshire between the colonists and the Wompanowogs, led by a chief known as
King Philip. The war was started when the Massachusetts government tried to assert
court jurisdiction over the local Indians. The colonists won with the help of the
Mohawks, and this victory opened up additional Indian lands for expansion.
Dominion of New England - CORRECT ANSWERS 1686 - The British
government combined the colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New
Hampshire, and Connecticut into a single province headed by a royal governor
(Andros). The Dominion ended in 1692, when the colonists revolted and drove out
Governor Andros.
Sir Edmond Andros - CORRECT ANSWERS Governor of the Dominion of New
England from 1686 until 1692, when the colonists rebelled and forced him to return
to England.
Joint stock company - CORRECT ANSWERS A company made up of a group of
shareholders. Each shareholder contributes some money to the company and
receives some share of the company's profits and debts.
Virginia: purpose, problems, failures, successes - CORRECT ANSWERS Virginia
was formed by the Virginia Company as a profit-earning venture. Starvation was the
major problem; about 90% of the colonists died the first year, many of the survivors
left, and the company had trouble attracting new colonists. They offered private
land ownership in the colony to attract settlers, but the Virginia Company eventually
went bankrupt and the colony went to the crown. Virginia did not become a
successful colony until the colonists started raising and exporting tobacco.
Headright system - CORRECT ANSWERS Headrights were parcels of land
consisting of about 50 acres which were given to colonists who brought indentured
servants into America. They were used by the Virginia Company to attract more
colonists.
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