Chapter Four Section One Flashcards

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Puritans

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John Winthrop and his followers. Religious group didn’t want to entirely separate from the English church. The wanted to simplify the way of worship.

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John Winthrop

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Leader of a group going to the new land

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General court

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Puritans giving the right to vote to church members who elected representatives to the general court.

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Great migration

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In 1640 15,000 men moved to Massachusetts.

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Thomas hooker

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Puritan minister who led 100 settlers out of Massachusetts to Connecticut. They le because they felt the the governmnet in Massachusetts had to much power.

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Fundamental orders of Connecticut

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The plan of government in Connecticut. It gave the right to vote to all property owning men. It also limited the governors power.

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Roger Williams

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Puritan minister who believed that the government had to much power. In his view state and church should be completely separate. Believed in toleration. He was ordered to leave Massachusetts and he went to the Indians who sold him Rhode Island.

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Anne Hutchinson

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Also fled to Rhode Island. Puritan. (In 1637 she was ordered to paper before the general court. She was questioned without mistake until she said god speaks to me. After this she was ordered out of Massachusetts)

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Metacom

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The chief if the Wampanoag Indians. He was captured and tortured after attacking New England villages

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Toleration

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Letting others practice their own beliefs

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Common

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An open field were cattle grazed

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Sabbath

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Holy day of rest

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Town meetings

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Where Settlers discussed and voted on issues

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