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APUSH Colonial History
Terms from Colonial History (1600-1763)
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11th Grade
12/15/2008

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Separatist vs non- separatist Puritans
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Radical Calvinists against the Church of England; Separatists (Pilgrims) argued for a break from the Church of England, led the Mayflower, and established the settlement at Plymouth
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Northwest Passage
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believed to provide a shortcut from Atlantic to Pacific searched for by Giovanni de Verazzano for Francis I in the race to Asian wealth
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Conversion Experience
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required of members of the Puritan Church; took the place of baptism required by the Baptist Church
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Social Reciprocity
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society naturally punishes criminals indiscriminately
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Church of England
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Protestant church led by king of England, independent of Catholic Church; tended toward Catholicism during reign of Catholic royalty
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Atlantic slave trade
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often debtors sold to slave traders by African kings seeking riches; Columbian exchange
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Jamestown
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first permanent English settlement int he Americas (1607), along James River
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John Smith
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introduced work ethic to Jamestown colony, sanitation, diplomat to local Native American tribes; fought Spanish and Turks
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Pocahontas
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key to English- Native American relationship, died in England in 1617
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Mayflower Compact
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foundation for self-government laid out by the first Massachusetts settlers before arriving on land
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John Winthrop
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Calvinist, devised concept of "city on a hill" (:A Model of Christian Charity:); founded highly successful towns in Massachusetts Bay
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"City on a Hill"
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exemplary Christian community, rich to show charity, held to Calvinistic beliefs
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Indentured Servants
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settlers to pay the expenses of a servant's voyage and be granted land for each person they brought over; headright system
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Maryland Act of Religious Toleration
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(1649) mandated the toleration of all Christian denominations in Maryland, even though Maryland was founded for Catholics (but majority was Protestant)
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James 1, Charles 1
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reluctant to give colonists their own government, preferred to appoint royal governors
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William Penn and the Quakers
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settled in Pennsylvania, believed the "inner light" could speak through any person and ran religious services without ministers
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Roger Williams
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challenged New Englanders to completely separate Church from State, as the State would corrupt the Church
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Anne Hutchinson
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challenged New England Calvinist minsters' authority, as they taught the good works for salvation of Catholicism
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The Half-Way Covenant
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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.
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Bacon's Rebellion
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rebels felt the governor of Virginia failed to protect the frontier from Native Americans
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