Period 1 Flashcards
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William Bradford
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- New England Puritan
- signed the Mayflower Compact
- governor for Plymouth (MA) (pilgrims) 1620
2
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John Winthrop
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- New England Purtian
- founded Massachusetts 1630
- “some must be rich and some poor”
- intolerant state – “city on a hill”
- Puritan Christians
3
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Thomas Hooker
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- New England Puritan
- founded Connecticut 1636
- Fundamental Orders (laws)
- voting rights independent of church membership
4
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Roger Williams
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- New England Puritan
- founded Rhode Island, where Jews could practice their religion
- separation of church and state, religious freedom, fair dealings with natives
- “liberty of conscience” (Freedom of belief, Freedom of observance, Equal status)
5
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Anne Hutchison
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- New England Puritan (MA)
- challenged the religious doctrines of her time
- heaven was open to those who worshipped God through a personal connection, no need for Church intervention
- banned from MA
6
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John Wheelwright
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- New England Puritan
- founded New Hampshire (banned from MA)
- worked with Anne Hutchison
7
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William Penn
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- Middle Colonies
- Quaker, tolerant & religious freedom
- founded Pennsylvania 1681
- Holy experiment –> provide a refuge for Quakers and other persecuted people and to build an ideal Christian commonwealth
- Charter of Privileges – religious freedom, property rights, authority of the King and Parliament over the colony, local governing body;
8
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James Duke of York (James II)
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- deposed in the Glorious Rebellion, replaced by Mary and William
- unpopular because of rigidness and the Dominion of New England (combined governments of colonies, one governor = Andros)
- Catholic
9
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John Smith
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- Southern Colonies
- founding of Jamestown 1607, explorer
10
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John Rolfe
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- Southern Colonies
- Pocahontas husband
- tobacco cultivation in VA
11
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Lord Baltimore/ George Calvert
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- Southern Colonies
- founded Maryland 1632, refuge for ONLY Catholics
- intolerant of other religions
- King gave land
12
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Sir William Berkeley
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- Southern Colonies
- governor of VA, put down Powhatan tribe
- made line that English could not cross (failed)
13
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Bacon
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- Southern Colonies (VA)
- led insurrection because gov in VA would not help those in the backcountry against the native attacks (bc they were encroaching on their land)
- social issue of once indentured, free male population
- class clashes
14
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James Oglethorpe
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- Southern Colonies
- founded GA, last colony, 1732
- refuge for the impoverished and debtors
- militaristic and philathropic motives (barrier against Spanish and refuge)
- Once rigid, ban on rum, Catholics, and slaves, but then loosed up and gave colony to crown
15
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Raleigh
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- organized three expeditions to America, including Roanoke
- named Virginia
