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