12/22/21 Flashcards
people who were on a journey for religious freedom
pilgrim
mistreatment or punishment of people because of their beliefs
persecution
a 1620 agreement for ruling the Plymouth Colony; 41 men signed it
Mayflower Compact
a group of English Protestants who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Puritan
male Church members elected representative assembly of the Massachusetts Bay Colony governed by John Winthrop; 130 men signed it
General Court
the willingness to let others practice their own beliefs
Religious Toleration
a meeting in colonial New England where settlers discussed and voted on local government matters
Town Meeting
founded Providence, Rhode Island and was banished from Massachusetts
Roger Williams
banished from Massachusetts; settled Portsmith, Rhode Island
Anne Hutchinson
to go against your religion
Heresy
founded Hartford Connecticut; set up Fundamental Orders of Gov’t
Thomas Hooker
gave the right to vote to land-owning males even non church members
Fundamental Orders of Gov’t
left Massachusetts and founded New Hampshire
Wheelwright
a colony in which the owner owned the land and controlled the gov
Proprietary colony
a colony controlled directly by the king
Royal colony
despised religion; people who shook with fear of the Lord
Quaker
German-speaking Protestants who settled in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Dutch
crop sold for money at market
Cash crop
a 1649 Maryland law that provided religious freedom for all Christians
Act of Toleration
a plant used to make a valuable blue dye
Indigo
a person who cannot pay money he or she owes
Debtor
laws that controlled the lives of enslaved Africans and African Americans and denied them basic rights
Slave Code
the belief that one race is superior to another
Racism
known as “Lord Baltimore” and was granted a charter by King Charles I to set up a proprietary colony a place where Catholics could practice freely
Sir George Calvert