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Ch.3
important terms and people to know
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History
11th Grade
07/08/2010

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Calvinism
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founded by john Calvin; reflected Martin Luther's ideas
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predestination
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belief that god has already chosen the dammed and the ones who shall be saved
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conversion
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a sign that god has chosen you as saved
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puritans
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broke away from the church of England;believed in predestination
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separatists
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a more extreme form of puritans: did not want to be under the same church as the dammed
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Mayflower compact
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drawn up by the "free men" on the Mayflower to agree to follow regulations decided by the majority.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
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successful colony established by non-separatist puritans.
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Great Migration
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the immigration of many European refugees that left England
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antinomianism
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belief that holy life was no sign of salvation and that the truly saved need not bother with laws of Gods or man.
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fundamental orders
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drafted y the settlers of the new Connecticut colony; first step to a modern constitution
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Pequot war
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slaughter of Pequot tribe
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King Philip's War
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Metacom's effort to ban Indians together and destroy European settlements
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English Civil War
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distracted Old England from colonial affairs
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Dominion of New England
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England's attempt to consolidate and better control its northeastern colonies
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Navigation Laws
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declared everything that the American colonies produced was the property of England
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Glorious Revolution
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the spread of the news that the catholic ruler was dethroned
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salutary neglect
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a period of time where the navigation laws were loosely enforced
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patroon ships
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land that was given to people who agreed to house fifty people on it
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blue laws
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stated appropriate social behaviors for Puritans
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Martin Luther
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nailed theses on the church doors
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John Calvin
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founder of Calvinism
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William Bradford
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voted governor thirty times in Plymouth.
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John Winthrop
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"we shall be as a city upon a hill"; Massachusetts governor
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Anne Hutchinson
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exiled from Bay Colony for antinomianism and killed by Indians
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Roger Williams
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convicted of heresy and finds Rhodes Island colony
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Massasoit
Definition
Metacom's father
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Metacom (King Philip)
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banded together Indian tribes to attack English settlements
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Charles II
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Catholic king that was dethroned ; tried to have a tighter grip on colonies
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Sir Edmund Andros
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taxed colonists without discussion, barred town meetings, tried to escape in woman's clothing
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William III
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protestant king that was throned
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Mary II
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married to William III
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Henry Hudson
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explorer for Dutch; founded Hudson River
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Peter Stuyvesant
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failed to protect the Dutch; general missing a leg
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Duke of York
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Charles II's brother; as granted New Amsterdam
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William Penn
Definition
founded Pennsylvania colony
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