New England Colony Flashcards
Mayflower compact
A temporary government and land charter .
Sepratist
People who wanted to separate from the church of England because it was to catholic and to corrupt.
Puritans
People who wanted to purify the church of England (too catholic/too corrupt)
John withrop
Established Massachusetts bay in 1630 as the governer/leader.
Great migration
1630-1643 9,000 puritans moved to Massachusetts bay
City upon a hill
Everyone would live a perfect,strict,conservative life to continually fight for ones salvation
Court of assistants
Selected by the governor and charged with helping to make and enforce laws
Rodger Williams
Believed that the colonists were damned if they stayed with the church of England
Anne Hutchinson
Outspoken critic of the colony’s ministers.
Pequot War
First major battle between the pequot and new englanders
King phillips war
- Marked the end of the pequot as a threat to new england colonies