Chapter 3 Flashcards
Between 1630 and 1640 tens of thousand of English men, women, and children left England due to the economic, political, and religious problems.
Great migration:
Covenant:
Winthrop’s speech reflected the Puritans’ belief that they had made a covenant with Go. Under this covenant, or sacred agreement, Puritans agreed to build an ideal Christian Community.
was famous for the founding, and as a leader of, the Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England. He was a strict Puritan and the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
John Winthrop:
Thomas Hooker:
minister whom with his followers decided to leave Massachusetts to help found Connecticut, another New England colony. He helped draft the fundamental orders of Connecticut in 1636. “The father of America democracy”
Fundamental orders of Connecticut:
a set of principles that made Connecticut’s governor more democratic. For example, the Orders allowed men who were not church members to vote. The fundamental orders of Connecticut also outlined the powers of the general courts.
a set of principles that made Connecticut’s governor more democratic. For example, the Orders allowed men who were not church members to vote.
Fundamental orders of Connecticut:
minister that didn’t agree with the leadership of Massachusetts. He called for his church to separate completely form the other New England congregations. William also criticized the General Court or taking land from American Indians without paying.
- Roger Williams:
- angered Puritan church leaders by publicly discussing religious ideas that some leaders thought were radical. For example, Hutchinson believed that God speaks directly to people, apart from the Bible. Her believes led her to exile from Massachusetts.
- Anne Hutchinson:
minister whom with his followers decided to leave Massachusetts to help found Connecticut, another New England colony. He helped draft the fundamental orders of Connecticut in 1636. “The father of America democracy”
Thomas Hooker:
One of the colonists, complained that “ten good workmen would have done more substantial work in a day than ten of these (colonists) in a week”
was a British soldier who was a founder of the American colony of Jamestown in the early 1600s.
John Smith
John Smith
One of the colonists, complained that “ten good workmen would have done more substantial work in a day than ten of these (colonists) in a week”
was a British soldier who was a founder of the American colony of Jamestown in the early 1600s.
confederacy of at least 30 Algonquian-speaking _North American Indian tribes that once occupied most of what is now tidewater Virginia. _
The confederacy_ formed shortly before the colonial settlement of Jamestown in 1607._ The tribes of the confederacy _provided mutual military support and paid taxes in the form of food, pelts, copper, and pearls._
Powhatan Confederacy.
- Virginia planter and colonial official who was the husband of Pocahontas, daughter of the Indian chief Powhatan.
- he began to experiment with growing tobacco. When he found that the local variety was too bitter for English tastes, he began cultivating seeds that he brought from the West Indies. In June sent some of the West Indian tobacco to England. Its widespread acceptance there provided needed economic stability for Virginia.
John Rolfe
John Rolfe
- Virginia planter and colonial official who was the husband of Pocahontas, daughter of the Indian chief Powhatan.
- he began to experiment with growing tobacco. When he found that the local variety was too bitter for English tastes, he began cultivating seeds that he brought from the West Indies. In June sent some of the West Indian tobacco to England. Its widespread acceptance there provided needed economic stability for Virginia.
Powhatan Indian woman who fostered peace between English colonists and Native Americans by befriending the settlers at the Jamestown Colony in Virginia and eventually marrying one of them.
Pocahontas,
