APUSH Chapter 4 Flash Cards

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Puritanism/ Puritans
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-The beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects), -Group from England who wanted to purify, or reform, the Church of England
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Pilgrims
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English Puritans who founded Plymouth colony in 1620
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William Bradford
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United States printer (born in England) whose press produced the first American prayer book and the New York City's first newspaper (1663-1752)
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John Winthrop
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As governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, Winthrop (1588-1649) was instrumental in forming the colony's government and shaping its legislative policy. He envisioned the colony, centered in present-day Boston, as a "city upon a hill" from which Puritans would spread religious righteousness throughout the world.
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"city on a hill"
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what John Winthrop said that their Puritan model societies based on Christian principles should be (better than everyone else's societies.)
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Calvinism
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the theological system of John Calvin and his followers emphasizing omnipotence of God and salvation by grace alone
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Roger Williams
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English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism
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Thomas Hooker
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A Puritan minister who led about 100 settlers out of Massachusetts Bay to Connecticut because he believed that the governor and other officials had too much power. He wanted to set up a colony in Connecticut with strict limits on government.
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Hartford Covenant
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A prep school in Hartford
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Quakers
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English dissenters who broke from Church of England, preache a doctrine of pacificism, inner divinity, and social equity, under William Penn they founded Pennsylvania
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Proprietary colonies
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Colonies in which the proprietors (who had obtained their patents from the king) named the governors, subject to the king's approval.
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Peter Stuyvesant
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the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland
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William Penn
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Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)
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Navigation Acts
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Laws that governed trade between England and its colonies. Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries.
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Dominion of New England
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1686-The British government combined the colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut into a single province headed by a royal governor (Andros). Ended in 1692, when the colonists revolted and drove out Governor Andros
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King Philip (Metacomet)
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leader of Wampanoags tribe in New England, decided alliance with Plymouth must end when Plymouth forced Wampanoags to concede authority over their land