Ch. 2 Sec. 3: The New England Colonies Flashcards
Who was commissioned by the Virginia Co. to explore the coast far to the north of Jamestown?
John Smith
What group left thier homes and land and crossed the ocean in order to worship God freely?
The Pilgrims
What were the groups that emerged in opposition to the problem of the Anglican Church allowing Catholic practices to be mixed in with Protestant practices?
Puritans and Separatists
Wanted to cleanse the Church from within by passing reforms to get rid of Catholic influence
Puritans
Believed that each local congregation should be independent of all other churches and be able to worship and serve God freely
Separatists
Who led a group of 35 pilgrims to join an expedition to America abroad the Mayflower
William Bradford
Contract of government drawn up by the leaders aboard the Mayflower organizing the group into a “civil body politick”
Mayflower Compact
Who helped the settlers learn to grow crops and show them where to fish
Squanto
Took place during the 1630’s when fifty thousand settlers sailed from England to various colonies in America and the West Indies
Great Migration
What was also referred to as the Puritan Colony
The Bay Colony
Who was the governor of the Bay Colony
John Winthrop
What was Gov. Winthrop’s goal?
To establish a “city upon a hill”
Established in 1636 near Boston to train young men for the ministry
Harvard College
Left the Boston area with 3 congregation to settle in the Connecticut River Valley
Thomas Hooker
a document that politically joined the river towns together; Considered the first written constitution in America and established a plan for self government
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What was the main reason for organizing the river towns?
Security against the Indian threat
Rhode Island and New Hampshire were a result of what?
dissension against the Puritan leaders in the Bay Colony
Said it was wrong to take land from the Indians without compesation
Roger Williams
Banished from the colony for claiming to have a direct revelation from God that had move authority than the Bible and for teaching the philosophy of Antinomianism
Anne Hutchinson
A philosophy that said outward abedience to the Scripture was unnecessary to demonstrate an inward relationship to God
Antinomianism
brother-in-law of A. Hutchinson; established the settlement of Exeter in New Hampshire
John Wheelwright
