Ch 8 The New England Colonies Flashcards
(27 cards)
What is a covenant?
An agreement between two parties, usually someone and God
What is a meeting house?
The most important building in a Puritan town, to meet for religious services or other meetings, like a church
What was a common?
A large open pasture that belonged to everyone or was public in the center of town
What was an apprentice?
Someone who learns a skill by working for a person with that skill
What was democracy?
The majority rule
What was a dissenter?
One who disagreed with accepted ideas of society
What was civil disobedience?
openly refusing to obey laws that someone thinks is unjust
What was the Great Awakening?
A religious revival in the New England colonies was fiery preaching
What was a merchant?
Someone who buys transports and sells goods for profit
What was the Parliament?
A law making body in England
What was a duty?
Attacks on French and Dutch goods such as sugar and molasses
What does smuggle mean?
Taking goods in or out of a country secretly and unlawfully to avoid taxes
Who was Roger Williams?
A young minister who was at the center who thought of religious freedom and the separation of government church and he was banished from the colony of Massachusetts and establish the colony of Rhode Island
Who was Anne Hutchinson?
A mother of 14 who was a dissenter that believed in a personal relationship was God and she was also banished from her civil disobedience
Who was George Whitefield?
And if one ministered doing the Great Awakening who also helped in the rise of methodism
Who was Massasoit?
Leader of the Wampanoag Indians who helped Roger Williams hide from banishment to England
Who was John Winthrop?
The governor of the Puritans who established Massachusetts Bay Colony
Who was Mary Dyer?
A friend of Anne Hutchinson who got hanged for her beliefs
Why did Puritans build their homes in towns instead of near their farmland?
Because they believed God wanted them to live well so they could help each other and hence build a strong community
What changes in Puritan Life helped lead to the Great Awakening?
1 The dissenters weakened the authority of ministers
2 the original Puritans had died
3 the younger Puritans wanted to prosper instead of be involved in religion
4 fiery preaching
Why did Merchants smuggle goods into New England?
To avoid the tax and duties on goods from france and Dutch especially sugar and molasses from non-English colonies
What was the Algonquin belief about nature?
They would just fish farm and hunt just the way nature was and they moved around to survive and they didn’t own land
What was the Puritan belief system about nature?
They wanted to settle down and own land and tame and subdue nature by clearing building and fencing
What were New England’s main products?
fish and lumber
