Chapter 3 Flashcards
Colonists in both the North and South established differences in all except
Allegiance to England
Predestination
Belief that from the moment of creation some souls were “saved” and others “damned”
Conversion
The sign of receipt of God’s free gift of saving grace
Antinomianism
Belief that those whom God had marked for salvation need not obey secular laws
In Calvinist thought, the “conversion” was
An intense, personal experience when God revealed an individual’s heavenly destiny
Plymouth
Mayflower Compact
Connecticut
Fundamental Orders
Massachusetts Bay
General Court
The Mayflower Compact can best be described as
A promising step toward genuine self-government
Initially, the Massachusetts Bay Colony enjoyed all except
A shared purpose among the first settlers
According to Anne Hutchinson, a dissenter in Massachusetts Bay,
The truly saved need not both to obey the laws of God or man
As founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams
Established complete religious freedom for all
Among the Puritans, it was understood that
The purpose if government was to enforce God’s laws
Settlers of the Connecticut River colony developed a document known as the Fundamental Orders, which
Established a regime democratically controlled by “substantial” citizens
King Philip’s War resulted in
The lasting defeat of New England’s Indians
During the early years of colonization in the New World, England
Paid little attention to its colonies
The New England Confederation
Was designed to bolster colonial defense
The Dominion of New England
Included all of the New England colonies, was created by the English government to streamline the administration of its colonies, was designed to bolster colonial defense, and eventually included New Yrok and east and west New Jersey
As a result of Sir Edmund Andros’s rule
The power of town meetings was curbed, officials tried to enforce the Navigations Laws, taxes were levied without the consent of elected representatives, and smuggling was suppressed
Pennsylvania was
The best advertised
Indian policy in early Pennsylvania was best described as
Benevolent
Recently, historians have increasingly viewed the colonial period as
One of contact and adaptation between native populations
The picture of colonial America that is emerging from the new scholarship is a society formed by
Encounters with native people, European heritage, many intertwining roots, and American heritage
