Chapter 3 Test Flashcards
When Virginia began to make a laws and their own court system, what did they also establish as the Church?
Anglican - Supported by the state / colony
Under who was Virginia a Royal Colony?
James I
Who was Nathaniel Bacon?
An Indentured Servant and an Experienced Attacker
Why was the Great Migration sparked?
Because Charles I was not tolerant of other religions
What were two of the main points as pointed out by John Winthrop in his ‘City on a Hill’ Sermon?
He said that the Puritans had entered a sacred covenant and that they were the chosen people
If they succeeded, everyone will be like them, and if they fail, God will punish them
Harvard College, established in 1636, was originally established to train which group?
Ministers
Why did Roger Williams want a separation between the Church and the State?
He did not believe the Puritan theocracy to be conformity
Roger Williams bought land from which Native tribe to begin to form which Colony?
Narragansett, Providence
What was Anne Hutchinson’s belief before speaking with God?
Religion was subject to individual interpretation and that you only need the bible
Who was the son of Massasoit?
Metecomet - Called King Philip by the English
Who had the Pequots allied with?
The Dutch in New York
During the Pequot Wars, who did the English ally with?
The Narragansett and Mohegan Tribes
What was the Mystic Massacre during the Pequot Wars?
700 Pequots were trapped inside Settlement, cornered by English
English set walls on fire and gunned down people trying to escape
During the English Civil War, who lead the Puritans?
Oliver Cromwell
What was the halfway covenant?
When ministers allowed children to be baptized but did not allow the parents
