Concept/Key Terms Flashcards
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Corporate Colonies
Operated by Joint stock companies
Royal Colonies
Under direct authority and rule of the King’s govt.
Proprietary Colonies
Under authority of individuals granted charters of ownership by the king.
Who led the Massachusetts Bay Company Colony that founded Boston?
John Winthrop
Great Migration
more than 15,000 settlers of Puritans going to the Massachusetts bay colony.
House of Burgesses
Representative assembly established by the people of Jamestown in 1619.
Mayflower Compact
Created by the Pilgrims on board the Mayflower where decisions were to be made by the Majority.
The first Proprietary Colony
Maryland
Act of Toleration
Religious freedom to all christians in Maryland granted by the Second Lord Baltimore, Calvert
Headright System
Land offered to Immigrants with 50 acres of land per head.
Bacons Rebellion
A rebellion against Berkley’s government lead by Nathaniel Bacon.
Antinomianism
Faith alone, not deeds, is necessary for salvation
Who founded the colony of Portsmouth (1638)
Anne Hutchinson
How was the Rhode Island Colony created
A charter granted to William of the Providence Colony to join with Portsmouth thus creating Rhode Island.
Who founded the colony of Hartford?
Thomas Hooker
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639)
First written Constitution with a representative government, legislator elected by popular vote, and governor chosen by that legislator.
How as the Connecticut Colony formed?
John Davenport of the New Haven Colony joins with Hartford in 1665
Royal Charter of Connecticut
Limited degree of self government including election of governor.
Halfway Covenant
Effort by the Puritans to maintain church’s influence and membership. People could be partial church members even if they had not felt a conversion.
New England Confederation (1643)
A formed military alliance of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Haven with two rep.’s from each colony with limited powers, establishing a precedent for colonies taking unified action toward common purpose.
Charter of Liberties (1701)
Freedom of worship for all and unrestricted immigration in Pennsylvania.
Dominion of New England (1686)
James II combines New york, New Jersey, and other various new England Colonies into one Royal Colony
