Section 4 (History)

How many Puritans came to American between 1629 and 1640?

20,000

How many people on the Mayflower were Pilgrims from Scrooby?

35

What % of Virginia's settlers came over as indentured servants?

75%

A legal document that allowed all Christian religions in Maryland

Act of Toleration

What were the three major parts of the Puritan Legacy?

Democratic government, free public education, and the protestant work ethic

n 1639 the Connecticut River colony settlers had an open meeting and they established a constitution called the what?

Fundamental Orders

A Puritan representative assembly elected by the freemen that assisted the governor.

General Court

Who did John Winthrop believe should determine laws for the Puritans?

God's will

What was the first representative assembly in the New World?

House of Burgesses

Indentured servants were Englishmen who were outcasts of their country, would work in the Americas for a certain amount of time as servants.

Indentured Servitude

The Iroquois Confederacy was a military power consisting of Mohawks, Oneidas, Cayugas, and Senecas.

Iroquois Confederacy

Founder of Georgia in 1733; soldier, statesman , philanthropist. Started Georgia as a haven for people in debt because of his interest in prison reform. Almost single-handedly kept Georgia afloat.

James Oglethorpe

Who founded the colony of Georgia and why?

James Oglethorpe, for it to be a haven for English debtors.

A leader of the Puritans (who began coming over the Great Migration of the 1630s).

John Winthrop

These were developed to gather money from various sources to diminish the risk involved in colonization costs.

Joint Stock Companies

What king drove the Puritans out of England?

King Charles

He was the founder of Maryland, a colony which offered religious freedom, and a refuge for the persecuted Roman Catholics.

Lord Baltimore

An Englishman who came to America in 1610

Lord De la War

What 2 important contributions did the Swedes make to the colonies?

Lutheran church and log cabin design

Englishman; led the army to overthrow King Charles I and was successful in 1646.

Oliver Cromwell

A system of inheritance in which the eldest son in a family received all of his father's land

Primogeniture

A person who was granted charters of ownership by the king:

Proprietor

In the mid 1600s, a commitment made by the Puritans in which they focused on industry (hard work), frugality, and virture.

Protestant Ethic

Dedicated Christians who sough to purify the Church of England from abuse and sin

Puritans

Members of the Religious Society of Friends; most know them as the Quakers.

Quakers

Who started the pretestant reformation and when?

Roman Catholics in 1517

A document given to the founders of a colony by the monarch that allows for special privileges and establishes a general relationship of one of three types: (1) Royal- direct rule of colony by monarch, (2) Corporate- Colony is run by a joint-stock company, (3) Proprietary- colony is under rule of someone chosen by the monarch. Royal Charters guaranteed that colonists would have "rights as all Englishmen".

Royal Charter

Religious Reforms from the early 1600's who traveled over the Atlantic Ocean on the Mayflower

Separatists

VOCAB: An English adventurer and writer, who was prominent at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, and became an explorer of the Americas

Sir Walter Raleigh

A person who settles on land without title or right:

Squatter

Who started public education and when?

The puritans in 1640

A joint-stock company: based in Virginia in 1607

Virginia Company

An owner and cultivator of a small farm.

Yeoman

The Toleration Act of 1649 granted religious freedom to whom?

all Christians

What was the Dominion of New England and who ran it?

an administrative union of English colonies , Sir Edmund Andros

What system allowed private ownership of land?

capitslism

What four desires motivated English people to come to America?

economic opportunity, social mobility, political freedom, religious liberty

What does "Priesthood of all Believers" mean?

every person has direct access toward God through the Bible

What is "Primogeniture"?

foothills region

Why was Anne Hutchinson banned from Massachusetts?

for teaching that God spoke to people directly

What is a burger?

free citizen "Burgess"

What elected body of today was inspired bu the House of Burgess?

governor and council

What caused King Philips War in 1675?

he had taken too much Indian land

Why did frontier settlers in western Virginia rebel against Gov. Berkeley?

he levied high taxes; denied frontiersmen, and protection against invading Indians.

Why was Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts?

his belief in separation of church and state

What were 3 major parts of the Protestant work ethic?

industry, virtue, frugality

What are the 13 colonies?

main(mass), new Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Virgina, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Delaware, and Rhode Island

A unified country under a ruler which share common goals and pride in a nation.

nation-state

What is the mason dioxin line?

settled boundary

What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?

so everyone will abide by the Will of the Majority

What is the Anglican Church and why did it become into being?

the church of England, King Henry VIII disagreed with the roman catholic so he left.