Unit 2: Puritans

Question 1

Presentism

Answer 1

To assume they are just like us… Incorrectly or mistakenly thinking people of the past are just like us.

Question 2

Otherness of the Past

Answer 2

Studying the past, the further you go back the will have a major difference from the present.

Question 3

Contextualization

Answer 3

Being able to connect other topics to the overall topic.

Question 4

Anglican Church (aka. Church of England)

Answer 4

Had been too catholic. Founded in 1533 by King Henry the 8th. Initially the only Catholic Church in Western England.

Question 5

Protestan Revolution (1500s)

Answer 5

Protested the teaching of the England church.
Martin Luther: Had been against the Catholic Church to the point of creating new church system Lutheran

Question 6

Separatist

Answer 6

The Church of England is terribly catholic that we must start a new church.

Question 7

Puritans

Answer 7

They wanted to purify the Church of England instead of becoming separate they wanted to make them better.
Take out the catholic and place Puritan ideals

Question 8

John Calvin (Calvinist)

Answer 8

Which are puritans but a different branch of puritans. (Bring the Calvinist ideals)
They did this because English society had fallen into moral decline

Too much money had been in England. The Colombian exchange brings money to Europe making them rich. Which leads to many sinners and city dwellers.

Question 9

Original Sin

Answer 9

The Sin of Adam and Eve disobeying god. All humans are born with this original sin

Question 10

Elect

Answer 10

The people that are granted salvation by Gods grace, which no one deserved.

Question 11

Predestination

Answer 11

You have no say in what god will do. Few people will be granted grace. They had been chosen by god before our birth.

1.Preparation for grade through self-discipline, Bible study and being aware of gods presents.
2.Signs from god are common and reveal his will.

Question 12

Conversion Experience

Answer 12

Required for the church membership it is a sign from God that a person has been grated grace.

Question 13

Plymouth (1620)

Answer 13

A group of separatist landed which were the “pilgrims”

Reasoning for landing:
1.Left England because both leaders were anti-puritan
2. People had traveled on the Mayflower but the boat got off course and landed in Plymouth-> First Thanksgiving.

Question 14

Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628)

Answer 14

Larger groups began to arrive which included families and villages.

Question 15

Covenanted Community

Answer 15

A promise (A sacred promise with god)

Question 16

John Winthrop

Answer 16

Had been a lawyer and The first governor of Massachusetts. Wrote the essay “The Model of Christian Charity”.

Question 17

The Model of Christian Charity

Answer 17

Explain the idea of a Convecated Community. Everyone has a role in society. As god makes the decisions for his people “Gods Plan”

Question 18

Dissent

Answer 18

Criticized

Question 19

Roger Williams (separatist)

Answer 19

Believed that puritans were not strict enough on there people.Wants separation from the church & state. He believed people should go to church because they want to not “forcefully”
Founder of Rhode Island

Question 20

Anne Hutchison

Answer 20

-A women puritan
-However criticized some of the curtains beliefs.
-Went against normal gender norms as she held bible studies in her home. “God still speaks with people”

Question 21

Quakers

Answer 21

Christians from England. Also criticized the England Church but were not Puritans. They were a separate group.
no ministries, anyone is allowed to speak by Holy Spirit
-Puritans were against the but had allowed to live amongst them they just had to be taxed.

Question 22

Lydia Wardell (1663)

Answer 22

Protested against puritans by coming to church naked. Had been arrested and whipped.
Quaker women got whipped in public & ears were clipped

Question 23

Patriarchy

Answer 23

Society in which men/fathers were uncharge and glorified. (Pat=Paternal Fathers)
God was a father figure
-Fathers play a big role in most homes, learning respect/obidence to your real father.
-Fathers had to be wise and good care takers.

Question 24

Bundling

Answer 24

The night before marriage they sleep with one another with a divider.They CAN NOT have sex with one another.

Question 25

Fostering

Answer 25

Common for kids to be moved to different homes/families. Kids either worked as a House servant (women). While the male children were taught farming & manly jobs.
Parents did not want to spoil there children

Question 26

Samuel Mather

Answer 26

A son who was sent into fostering and had written a letter to his father. About the original sin, convergence, and Gods grace.

Question 27

Cotton Mather

Answer 27

The father if Samuel Mather who had been accepted into Harvard at 12 due to his young and intelligent mind.

Question 28

Betty Sewall

Answer 28

Samuel Mather’s daughter had the same feelings he had when he was younger.

Question 29

Halfway Covenant

Answer 29

Churches in Massachutes started changing the rules for people to join the church more easily. By letting people be half religious.