believed in predestination and God was all-powerful, all good, and all knowing
Puritans
believed that only visible saints could be admitted to Church membership
Martin Luther
believed the Bible alone was the source of God's word. He ignited the Protestant REformation in the 1500s
John Winthrop
Massachusetts Bay Colonies' first governor. He believed he had a calling from God to lead a new religious experiment.
*when it came to elections, only freemen (adult Puritan males) could vote.
Anne Hutchinson
challenged Puritan orthodoxy. She did not believe a holy life was a sure sign of slavation and that the truly saved did not need to obey the law of either God or man. Shw was banished to New York.
Roger Wiiliams
extreme separatists who pressed fellow clergymen to break completely away from the Church of England. He denied authority of the civil government to regulate behavior. He built the first Baptist Church, establishing the complete freedom of religion.
Indians and Settlers
Indians and settlers first got along but then the English set fire to wigwams, shot fleeing survivors, and caused 4 decades of uneasy peace between Puritans and Indians.
New England Confederation
Its purpose was to defend against the Indians, French, and Dutch. Dealt with runaway slaves, and each colony got two votes no matter what its size.
Charles II
King of England who was restored to the crown in 1660. Due to this, Puritan hopes of eventually purifying the old English Church wither. He decided that he was going to put a controling hand on the new colonies. He gives almost every colony a charter except Massachusetts.
Dominion of New England
Included all New England and later New York and East and West New Jeresy. It was aimed at bolstering colonial defense in the event of a war with Idians. It was also designed to promote efficiency in the administration of the English Navagation Laws
English Navagation Laws
reflected intensifying colonial rivalries of the 17th century. It regulated Aerican trade with non-English places and caused American to smuggle goods
Glorious Revolution
Sir Edmund Andros attempted to escape in wmoan's clothing but was caught and shipped to England. It also caused many to go against royal authority. Its major accomplishment was to dethrone James II
Dutch in America
They were a major commercial and naval power, challenged the supremacy of England, and maintained an enormous and profitable empire in the East Indies.
Quakers
Got their name because they would quake when under religious emotion. They refused to support the Church of England with taxes, did not swear or take oaths, built simple meeting houses, and were considered simple, devoted, and democratic.
First America Colonies
They all shared a number of features. They had fertile land, rivers played an important role in daily life, forests were used for shipbuilding and lumbering, harbors stimulated commerse and growth, population ethnically mixed, and land was easily acquired.
