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.
