Chapter 3

Question 0

Who could go to heaven according to predestination?

Answer 0

The elect

Question 1

What were the beliefs of Calvinism? (2)

Answer 1

• All are weak; all are born sinners (due to the doctrine of “original sin”)
• predestination

Question 2

What kind of gov. was brought by John Calvin?

Answer 2

theocracy (gov. ruled by church leaders)

Question 3

Who were the puritans?

Answer 3

Devout Calvinists that believed only the elect should be able to go to church

Question 4

What is another word for the elect?

Answer 4

VISIBLE SAINTS

Question 5

Who were separatists?

Answer 5

Those who gave up on purifying the Church of England (puritans)

Question 6

Why did separatists flee England?

Answer 6

They wanted to practice their beliefs. Wanted to live and die as “good puritans”

Question 7

Where had the separatists first settled?

Answer 7

Plymouth

Question 8

What was the mayflower compact?

Answer 8

Form a govt. and obey laws under majority rule (step toward self govt.)

Question 9

Who was William Bradford?

Answer 9

Leader and scholar who was chosen as governed of Plymouth 30 times

Question 10

Who created the Massachusetts bay company?

Answer 10

Non-separatist puritans

Question 11

Why was the mass. Bay co. Made?

Answer 11

To escape King Charles 1 and William laud’s persecutions (used it as a constitution)

Question 12

What was the great migration?

Answer 12

70k refugees left England & perhaps 20k went to mass

Question 13

Who was john Winthrop?

Answer 13

1st gov. Who helped mass prosper in fur trading, fishing, and shipbuilding

Question 14

What was the quote that was said in a famous sermon aboard the Arabella?

Answer 14

“We shall be as a city upon a hill” (inspired reform back in England)

Question 15

What were the beliefs of the mass. Bag colony?

Answer 15

• no religious toleration
• suffrage given to all “freemen”
• non-believers paid races to the church

Question 16

What was special about governor Winthrop?

Answer 16

He was the first governor who served for 19 years

Question 17

Who was john cotton?

Answer 17

A fiery preacher

Question 18

Who was Anne Hutchinson?

Answer 18

Famous mass dissenter, no clear sign of predestination, did not have to obey the laws (ANTINOMIANISM- faith alone will lead to salvation)

Question 19

How was Anne killed?

Answer 19

Indian attack by non Winthrop

Question 20

Who was roger Williams?

Answer 20

Salem minister and extreme separatist, wanted clergymen to break completely with Church of England

Question 21

What was the Pequot war?

Answer 21

White militia set fire to Pequot village on mystic river; resulted in slavery for survivors & uneasy peace

Question 22

Did the puritans try to convert the Indians?

Answer 22

Yes, but only in feeble efforts

Question 23

Who was chief Metacom?

Answer 23

United neighboring Indians in a last ditch attack on New England colonies

Question 24

What were the effect king Philips war?

Answer 24

• Devastated New England economy & slowed colonial march

- Native Americans were crushed in the end

Question 25

Who was sir Edmund andros?

Answer 25

Taxed people without consent, revoked all land titles, restricted courts, etc

Question 26

What was a result of installing Protestants William and Mary to the crown?

Answer 26

America was seized and humiliated by a Boston mob (first “American revolution”)

Question 27

Characteristics of the middle colonies (3)

Answer 27

• very fertile soil (break colonies)
• greater ethnic diversity, rel. toleration, & often more dem. ideals
• greater internal conflict

Question 28

What was the use of “Penn’s woods”?

Answer 28

Intended as refuge for Quakers (the “religious society of friends”)

Question 29

Characteristics of penn. (4)

Answer 29

• deep conviction (“quake” at word of god)
• refused to pay taxes to church, swear oaths, or serve in military
• hated slavery
• religious tolerance (treated Indians well)

Question 30

What were popular crops that were grown and traded in the south?

Answer 30

Rice (brought by African slaves) & indigo