Chapter 4 Flashcards
Why did the Puritans come to America? 3`
-The aggressive anti-puritan policies of Charles I, to exchange their status as a harassed minority for self government
-America could serve as a model to reform the Church of England to make it thoroughly protestant
-Establish the “True Covenant with God”
Compare and contrast the chesapeake and New England colonies
Both English colonies
chesapeake for economic reasons, New England for religious freedom
Explain the reasons why the pilgrims left Holland and came to America and not England
-considered the church of England hopelessly corrupt
-fearing their children would lose their English heritage
-could not worship as they hoped
explain the purpose of the mayflower compact
-to provide for order and security
-a claim to legitimacy
Describe the 2 main characteristics of Puritans
-sought to eliminate church hierarchy and do away with the rituals of catholic worship
-emphasizing personal relationships with God through Bible study, prayer, and introspection
Define the calvinist view on predestination
before creation God exercised his divine grace and chose a few humans to receive eternal life
Explain the 2 principles Roger Williams argued before fleeing to Rhode Island
-separation between church and state
-religious freedom
what did Puritans fear the most and how did they address it?
-Deviance from the singular truth of God was a constant danger
-By passing laws to promote conformity
-those they felt lead others astray in questions of belief were punished or expelled
why did Massachusetts Puritans adopt the halfway
Founders children failed to experience the conversion that qualified them for church membership, could not baptize their children
-church membership declined
explain the navigation acts, their intent and results
Intent-cut england’s enemies out
result- by 1700 all colonial trade was under royal supervision
