New England Colonies Vocab Flashcards
the king that gave the colony, New Amsterdam, to his brother, Duke of York, who named the colony to New York, this king also gave land to William Penn
King Charles II
this place was founded by Duke of York and was renamed New York, middle colony, a proprietary colony
New Amsterdam
the owner of a colony, under proprietary rule, that owned all the land and controlled the government, found in the middle colonies most
proprietor
religious diversity, New York and New Jersey are examples of places with religious, racial, nationality diversity
ethnic
founded New York by receiving that colony from King Charles II, was a proprietor of New York, gave part of his colony away to Berkeley and Carteret for them to make a colony, New Jersey
Duke of York
a wealthy English Quaker, received land from King Charles II that his father had owed him, saw Penn. as a “holy experiment”
William Penn
a belief meaning that people who refused to use force or fight in war, one of Quaker beliefs
pacifism
William Penn’s idea to make Pennsylvania a place where Quaker ideas were put into practice
“Holy Experiment”
the protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church, they wanted to change the Church of England, a type of these people are called “separatists”
Puritans
before landing at shore, the pilgrims drew a formal document that pledged loyalty to England, declared intention to politic body, the laws that were good for starting a colony
Mayflower Contract
formed in 1629 by a group of Puritans that received a royal charter to establish a colony north of Plymouth, new society based on Bible
Mass. Bay Company
was the governor of the Mass. Bay Company that led 900 people over to Mass. Bay, allowed voting
John Winthrop
people that disagreed with the beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
dissent
this minister settled in Connecticut with other colonists that were forced out of Mass. believed taking land from Indians was wrong, so was banished
Roger Williams
