Chapter 3: Settling The Southern Colonies Flashcards
What was John Calvin’s basic doctrine and what did it state?
“Institutes of the Christian religion” stated predestination and only the elect are saved
Who ignited the Protestant reformation?
Martin Luther
What area of England did the puritans come from?
The commercially depressed woolen districts
What about the church did the puritans find appalling?
Believe only visible saints should be eligible for membership, and king Henry had enrolled all of his subjects
Where did the group of separatists originally depart to?
Holland
Why did the pilgrims become squatters in America?
They were outside the domain of the Virginia Co.
What was the Mayflower Compact?
A simple agreement to form a crude gov. and submit to will of the majority under the relations agreed upon
What was the Mayflower Compact a step toward?
Genuine self gov.
What year was the first thanksgiving?
1621
Who was chosen governor 30 times in Virginia?
William Bradford
What types of villages sprouted in the north?
Fishing villages: COD is GOD
Who did the Plymouth colony merge with in 1691?
Massachusetts bay colony
What religious group formed the Massachusetts bay colony?
Non separatist puritans
When did the great migration occur?
1630s
Who was the Massachusetts bay colony’s first governor?
John Winthrop
What were important industries of the Mass.bay colony?
Fish and ships
What was the mass. bay colony’s purpose?
Covenant with god
Who could not vote at the Congregational church?
Women and unchurched men
Was there a tax supported church in the bay colony?
Yes
The congregation being able to hire and set pay of ministers and clergy men not being able to hold political office is an example of
Separation of church and state
What was the Protestant ethic?
Serious commitment to work and engagement in worldly pursuits
What are blue laws?
Repression of pleasures in public
Who challenged Puritan orthodoxy, was against predestination, and committed antinomianism?
Anne Hutchinson
Who was an extreme separatist, Salem minister, and believed the charter took land away from Indians unfairly?
Roger Williams
