Religious Diversity in the Colonies Flashcards
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Martin Luther and Reformation
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- 1517 - protests against Catholic doctrines
- Ignites Protestant Reformation
2
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Calvinism
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- John Calvin - God is all-powerful and all-good
- Predestination - Heaven or Hell?
- Conversion - God’s saving grace
- Wanted to see Church of England totally de-catholicized
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Puritans
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- Separatists
- Refused to have “saints” sit with the “sinners”
- Negotiated with Virginia Company
- 1620 - Mayflower arrives in New England
4
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the Great Migration (1620s)
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- 70,000 religious refugees leave England
- Massachusetts is the landing place and it is an area where colonists flourished
5
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
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- religious leaders have enormous influence
- clergymen could not hold political office (separation)
- John Winthrop - governor
- Anne Hutchinson - dissenter - expelled to Rhode Island
- Roger Williams - challenged legality of Bay Colony - banished to Rhode Island
6
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Quakers
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- William Penn
- everyone is welcome
- Pennsylvania settlement
- peace-loving - even with Native Americans
- anyone can enter - regardless of religious beliefs
7
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remember this…
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Quakers didn’t believe in violence or judging others - thus, Philadelphia is the city of “brotherly love”
8
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who wanted a total break from the church of england
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puritan
9
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which religion became the dominant belief in the colonies
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calvinism
10
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the great migration began in ______
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england
11
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anne hutchinson challenged which church
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puritan
