Ch 3 Flashcards

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John Calvin and Calvinism

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Created Calvinism 
   -god is all powerful
    -original sin
    -predestination 
Both Calvin and Luther influenced puritans in England
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Martin Luther

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Started Protestant reformation by nailing thesis to the church and inadvertently splits the church

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English puritans

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  • wanted I purify Church of England
  • denied christs presence in Eucharist
  • Congregationalism-could choose leadership
  • membership depended upon conversion experience(visible saints)
  • appealed to middle class
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Puritan orthodoxy

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  • were part of Anglican Church
  • ignored authority of Anglican bishops
  • compulsory attendance and tithes
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Congregationalism

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Choose own ministers
Elected a board of elders
Recognized saints

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Plymouth plantation

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Chartered by VA company but landed outside of charter area
Separatists form holland
Aided by Squanto and Somoset
Engaged in farming logging fur trade and fishing

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Miles standish

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John smith of Plymouth

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William Bradford

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Elected governor 30 times of Plymouth

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May flower compact

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Civil body politic
Established Plymouth plantation
Signed by men

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The New England way

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Term used to describe New England society as developed by the puritans
Puritans settled in New England in 1629
Emigrate due to unsettled religious and economic conditions
Ma bay company granted a charter in 1628 by King Charles I

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Great migration

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1630s waves of Puritan refugees fled to New England and most went to west indies

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John Winthrop

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"City upon a hill"
Religion and profit designed to go together 
Fur fishing shipbuilding
MA Bay company first governor 
Reelected 19 times
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Puritan politics

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-every make saint vested with right to vote and hold office
-55% of adult makes could vote in 1641
-MA General court-bicameral legislatio
-town meeting-unit of local govt
Theocracy

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John cotton

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Lots of influence
Minister/religious scholar of entire MA Bay Company
Blue laws

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Blue laws

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Enforce moral/ religious laws

Ex: can’t buy liquor on Sundays today

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Rodger Williams

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Wanted to separate fully from Anglican Church
Wanted separation of church and state
Wanted fair treatment of Indians
Banished to providence in 1635
1644 became rhode ("rouge's) island
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Anne Hutchinson

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Argued that Puritan ministers couldn’t truly recognize saints
Antinomiansim -“one who is against the law”
Banished for heresy in 1637
Killed by Indians when she was sent to Ny

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Connecticut

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Grew out of multiple squatter settlements in 1630s
Became a colony in 1662
Started by Thomas hooker -Boston Puritan
Fundamental orders of Connecticut

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Fundamental orders of Connecticut

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Early constitution

Democratic govt

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New Hampshire

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1679

Part of Massachusetts until then

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Pequot war

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Puritans had little Indian resistance on coast due to disease
Met resistance as they pushed inward
Mystic, CT massacre
Indians shocked by total war tactics of English

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Praying towns

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Settlements if christianized Indians

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King Phillips war

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English changed the Native American ecosystems to detriment of the Indians
Many Indians submitted; 30 praying towns by 1675
Multiple Indian tribes banded together to attack the English

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Metacom

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Aka King Phillip, Wampanoag war chief
Indians attacked 52 towns killing 600
English respond with Irish tactics
Metacoms fam sold into slavery
Metacom killed and head place on pike
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British empire

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England colonies ignored during 2 decades of English civil wars
Charles II and James I (brothers) hoped to restore absolute monarchy
Ignored parliament

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New England democracy

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MA declared itself exempt from British laws
Ignored the navigation acts
Charles II created CT, RI, NH and made MA a royal colony to make MA more in governmental control

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Dominion of New England

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1686 creation of King James II
COMBINED MA, NH, CT, RI, and Plymouth into one colony and later NY was also added
Former colonial legislatives abolished
Sir Edmund Andros is new governor

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New England confederation

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MA, Plymouth, New Haven (Ct) and other parts of Connecticut
Attempt at colonial unity
1643
Prior to dominion of New England

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Andros

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-former army officer
-hated by citizens of MA
suppressed legislature, limited towns to one annual meeting, enforced toleration of Anglicans, closed schools, enforced navigation acts
Had no base support in New England

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Glorious revolution

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Stuarts were Catholics and unpopular monarchs
James’ daughter Mary and husband were offered the throne when King James catholic son was born (heir)
James flees England

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Effects of glorious rev on America

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Created a limited monarchy in England
Crown forced to sign all bills, respect civil liberty, and summon parliament annually
Dominion of NE dismantled 
Andros was arrested 
Nearly cause a pre American revolution
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NY

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New Netherlands settled by Dutch in 1624
Diverse and non religious 
Fur trade
Renamed for James, duke of York after being captured by British 
Eventually becomes a royal colony
Patroons
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NJ

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West and east jersey originally but were later combined
Settled by Sweden then taken over by Dutch then by British
Eventually is a royal colony
Founded in 1664

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Pennsylvania

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Proprietary colony given to William penn by Charles II in 1681
Haven for Quakers but allowed religious freedom
Founded Philadelphia in 1682

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Quakers

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George fox
Society of religious friends
Believed in direct inspiration from god 
No pastor 
Pacifist 
Refused to recognize social betters
Gender equity 
Persecuted in England
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Pennsylvania cont

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No starving time
Penn dealt fairly with Indians
Settlers arrived in family units
Strong executive branch and weak legislative one
Became a wealthy colony
Delaware became separate colony in 1704(Swedish)

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Middle way

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Middle colonies-NJ NY DE PA
fertile soil with larger land area
Sea ports promoted commerce
Economic and cultural transition zone from NE to south
Ethnically mixed and religiously tolerant