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Compared with the Plymouth colony, the Massachusetts bay colony was

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Larger and more prosperous economically

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One reason that the Massachusetts bay colony was not a true democracy is that

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Only church members vote for the governor and general court

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The essential heresy that caused anne Hutchinson to be convicted and banished from Massachusetts bay was her declared belief that

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She had RECIEVED a direct revelation from God that the saved did not need to obey either human or divine law

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Roger Williams based the religious freedom of his colony of Rhode Island on his belief that

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Civil government has no right to regulate religious behavior or individual conscience

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Which of the following New England settlements did not become a separate colony, but remained under the control of Massachusetts

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New Hampshire

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The Indian tribe that the pilgrim colonists in New England first encountered were the

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Wampanoags

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King Philips war represented

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The last major Indian effort to halt new englanders encroachment on their lands

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The primary value of the New England confederation lay in

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Providing the first small step on the road to intercolonial cooperation

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The event that sparked the collapse of the dominion of New England was

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The glorious revolution in England

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The Dutch colony of new Netherland

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Enjoyed prosperity and peace under the politics of the Dutch West India Company

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The short lived colony conquered by Dutch New Netherland in 1655 was

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New Sweden

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William penns colony in Pennsylvania

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Set up the Quaker religion as its tax-supported established church

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Besides Pennsylvania , Quakers were also heavily involved in the early settlement of both

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New Jersey and Delaware

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The middle colonies of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware

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Has more ethnic diversity than either New England or the southern colonies

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Sixteenth century religious reform movement begun by martin Luther

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Reformation

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English Calvinist who sought a through cleansing of the Church of England while remaining officially within that church

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Puritan

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Radical Calvinists who considered the Church of England so corrupt that they broke with it and formed their own independent churches

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Separatist

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The shipboard agreement by the pilgrim fathers to establish a body politic and submit to majority rule

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Mayflower compact

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The name officially applied to the puritans established church in Massachusetts and several other New England colonies

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Congregational church

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The elite english university where John cotton and many other Puritan leaders of New England had been educated

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Cambridge

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The two major nonfarming industries of Massachusetts bay

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Fishing and shipbuilding

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Anne hutchinsons heretical belief that the truly saved need not obey human or divine law

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Antinomianism

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Common fate or roger williams and anne Hutchinson after they were convicted of heresy in Massachusetts bay

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Banishment excommunicated

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Vicious war waged by english settlers and their narrangansett Indian allies that virtually annihilated a major Indian tribe in Connecticut

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Pequot war

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A major pan Indian uprising of 1675-1676 that destroyed many Puritan towns but ultimately represented a major defeat of new England's Indians
King Philips war
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English revolt of 1688-1689 that overthrew the catholic King James 2 and also led to the overthrow of the Dominion of New England in America
Glorious (bloodless) revolution
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Vast feudal estates in the rich Hudson River valley that created an aristocratic elite in the new Netherland and New York colony
Patroonships
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Collective term for the Pennsylvania statutes that prohibited the theater, cards, dice, and other activities and games immoral
Blue laws
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William penns "city of brotherly love" that became the most prosperous and tolerant urban center in England's North American colonies
Philadelphia
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Martin Luther
GERMAN monk who began Protestant reformation
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John Calvin
Reformer who's religious ideas inspired english puritans, scottish Presbyterians, french Huguenots, and Dutch reformed
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Massasoit
Wampanoag chieftain who befriended english colonists
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Plymouth
Small colony that eventually merged into Massachusetts bay
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Massachusetts bay colony
Colony whose government sought to enforce Gods law on believers and nonbelievers alike
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John Winthrop
Promoter of Massachusetts bay as a holy "city upon a hill"
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Baptists
Dissenting religious group first founded in Rhode Island by roger williams
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General court
Representative assembly of Massachusetts bay
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Puritans
Dominant religious group in Massachusetts bay
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Quakers
Religious group persecuted in Massachusetts and New York but not in Pennsylvania
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Anne Hutchinson
Religious dissenter convicted of the heresy of antinomianism
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Roger Williams
Radical founder of the most tolerant New England colony
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King Philip
Indian leader who waged an unsuccessful war against new England's white colonists
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Peter Stuyvesant
Conquerer of new Sweden who later lost new Netherland to the english
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William penn
Founder of the most tolerant and democratic of the middle colonies
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Study putting things in order
You got this!
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Early Maryland and Virginia settlers had difficulty creating them and even more difficultly making them last
Colonies
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The principle economic product of early Maryland and Virginia
Tobacco
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Immigrants who recieved passage to America in exchange for a fixed term of labor
Indentured servants
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Maryland and Virginias system of granting land to anyone who would pay transatlantic passage for laborers
Head right system
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Laws passed in 1662 that made blacks and their children the lifelong property if their white masters
Slave codes
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New England colony that was home to most North American slave traders
Rhode Island
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English company that lost its monopoly on the slave trade in 1698
Royal African company
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African American language that blended english with yoruba, ibo, and Hausa
Gulla
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Site of northern slave revolt of 1712 that led to the deaths of 9 whites and the execution of more than 20 blacks
New York
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Shorthand term for the wealthy extended clans like the fitzhughs, lees, and washingtons that dominated politics in the most populous colony
Ffvs (first families of Virginia)
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Occupation of assisting in childbirth that was a virtual female monopoly in colonial New England
Midwife
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The basic local political institution of New England, in which all freemen gathered to elect officials and debate local affairs
Parliament
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Forums law devised by Puritan ministers in 1662 to offer partial church membership to people who had not experienced conversion
Halfway covenant
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Late seventeenth century judicial event that inflamed popular feelings, led to the deaths of twenty people, and weakened the Puritan clergys prestige
Salem witch trials
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A form of Puritan sermon that scolded parishioners for declining piety and urged repentance and reform
Jeremiad
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Chesapeake
Virginia Maryland Bay Area, site of the earliest colonial settlements
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Indentured servants
Primary form of labor in early southern colonies until the 1680s
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Nathanial bacon
Agitator who led poor farmer indentured servants and frontiersman on a rampage against Indians and colonial govt
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William Berkeley
Colonial Virginia official who crushed rebels and wreaked cruel revenge
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Royal African company
Organization whose loss of the slave trade monopoly in 1698 led to free enterprise expansion of the business
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Middle passage
Term for the brutal slave journey from Africa to the Americas
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Ring shout
West African religious right, retained by African Americans, I. Which participants responded to the shouts of a preacher
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Stono River
Site of a 1739 South Carolina slave revolt
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Gulla
Coastal African American language that blended elements of English with the African languages Yoruba, ibo, and Hausa
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New England conscience
The legacy of Puritan religion that inspired idealism and reform among later generations of Americans
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Harvard
The oldest college in America, originally based on the Puritan commitment to an educated ministry
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William and Mary
The oldest college in the south, founded in 1693
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Half-way covenant
Helped erase the earlier Puritan distinction between the converted elect and other members of society
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Salem witch trials
Phenomena started by adolescent girls accusations that ended with the deaths of twenty people
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Leisler's rebellion
A bloody New York revolt of 1689-1691 that reflected class antagonism between rich landlords and aspiring merchants
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The severe shortage of females in southern colonies caused
Produced large number of unattached males and weak family structure
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Poor white males anger at their inability to acquire land or start families
Sparked bacons rebellion
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Planters fears of indentured servants rebellion, coupled with rising wages in England caused
Caused southern planters to switch from indentured servant labor to African slavery
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The dramatic increase in colonial slave population after 1680s
Inspired passage of strict slave codes
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The growing proportion of female slaves in the Chesapeake region after 1720
Fostered stronger slave families and growth of slave population through natural reproduction of children
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New englanders introduction of livestock and intensive agriculture
Reduced forests and damaged the soil
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The healthier climate and more equal male-female ratio in New England
Produced high birth rates and a very stable family structure
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The decline of religious devotion and in a number of conversions in New England
Inspired the half way covenant and jeremiad preaching
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Unsettled New England Social conditions and anxieties about the decline of the Puritan religious heritage
Underlay the Salem witchcraft persecutions
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The rocky soil and harsh climate of New England
Thwarted success in agriculture but helped create the tough New England character
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The principal motivation shaping the earliest settlements in New England was
Religious commitment and devotion

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