Pageant Chap. 3

Which German friar started the Protestant Reformation?

Martin Luther

What became the dominant theological credo not only of the New England Puritans but of other American settlers as well, including the Scottish Presbyterians, French Huguenots, and communicants of the Dutch Reformed Church?

Calvinism

Which theological credo believed in "predestination" for those who would go to heaven and hell?

Calvinism

Puritans believe in the concept of "visible saints". Describe this concept.

A person who felt the stirrings of grace in their soul could demonstrate its presence to their fellow Puritan

Which ship did the Pilgrams come to the New World in?

Mayflower

What colony did they establish?

Plymouth Colony

Before they left the ships what document was drawn up which will be the first example of a written constitution in the New World? Describe its theme.

Mayflower Compact. It was a simple agreement to form a crude government and to submit to the will of the majority under the regulations agreed upon (Direct democracy)

Who was a prominent leader among the Pilgrims and became the 1st governor of the Plymouth colony?

William Bradford

In 1630 the Massachusetts Bay colony was established and this man became its first governor?

John Winthrop

What famous statement by Winthrop described the Massachusetts Bay colony?

"We shall be as a city upon a hill" a beacon to humanity.

What were Blue Laws and how did they get their name?

They were laws prohibiting behavior deemed wrong by the people. Named after the blue paper on which they were printed.

This woman was banished from the Massachusetts Bay colony because of antinomianism. Who was she and what is antinomianism?

Anne Hutchinson - high heresy

Name the founder and colony which separated from the Massachusetts Bay colony in 1636 and is founded on the principle of separation of Church and State?

Roger Williams - Rhode Island

What did the Puritan clergy in Boston call the separatist colony?

"that sewer" in which the "Lord's debris" had collected and rotted. Rogue's Island. This colony was founded by Thomas Hooker with the dreams of making a bustling seaport.@Connecticut

This type of servitude was established in the colonies which allowed people to serve four to seven years as a laborer for a family.

Indentured servitude

Why was the Chesapeake society unable to reproduce itself naturally until the last quarter of the seventeenth century?

High death rate. Not family orientated. The men were concerned with making money rather than establishing a family.

When did indentured servitude die out in the colonies (not in chapter)? Why?

Mid-18th Century/ by 1660, much of the best land was claimed by the large land owners. The former servants were pushed westward, where the mountainous land was less arable and the threat from Indians constant. A class of angry, impoverished pioneer farmers began to emerge as the 1600s grew old. After Bacon's Rebellion in 1676, planters began to prefer permanent African slavery to the headright system that had previously enabled them to prosper.

In 1675, this war slowed the westward march of English settlement in New England for several decades, but had a devastating effect on New England's Indians?

King Philip's War

Which chieftain signed a treaty with the Plymouth Pilgrims in 1621 and helped them celebrate the first Thanksgiving after the autumn harvests?

Massasoit (Wampanaog tribe)

What Indian war exploded in 1637 ending in the slaughter of most of the Indian tribe with the rest sold into slavery in the Caribbean?

Pequot War

What laws did Sir Edmund Andros try to enforce which made the colonists in Massachusetts so upset that they captured him and shipped him back to England?

Navigation Laws

After Massachusetts became a royal colony in 1691 what monopoly by church members was broken?

Voting. (male land owners)

This policy best describes the British attitude towards the enforcement of the Navigation Acts between the late 1600s to the end of the French and Indian War (1763). What does it mean?

Salutary neglect/ The loose enforcement of the laws (looking the other way)

This Dutch colony was named New Amsterdam, but later changed its name. It was the most aristocratic of all the colonies because it was ruled by the Duke of York.

New York

What notable name was given by the Dutch to a city in New Amsterdam city where the LA Dodgers moved from in the 1950s?

Brooklyn

Name some other traditions introduced by the Dutch to America?

Easter eggs, Santa Claus, waffles, sauerkraut, bowling, sleighing, skating, and golf.

Which colony was the "Holy Experiment"?

Pennsylvania

Who was the founder of the "Holy Experiment"?

William Penn

What are "squatters"?

People who claim land by establishing a house and live on land which no one claimed before

What was Penn's enduring monument with Pennsylvania?

New commonwealth based on civil and religious liberty, dedicated to freedom of conscience and worship.

Which small Quaker settlement flourished next door to Pennsylvania?

New Jersey

What colony was named after the harsh military governor who had arrived in Virginia in 1610 Lord De La Warr (it harbored some Quakers, and closely associated with Penn's prosperous colony)?

Delaware

Which colonies became known as the "bread colonies"?

Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey

Name the three rivers which played a vital role with these colonies?

Susquehanna, the Delaware and the Hudson.

What made the middle colonies more American than other colonies?

The population was more ethnically mixed, people were blessed with an unusual degree of religious toleration and democratic control, desirable land.

What is the Greek translation for the city of Philadelphia located in Pennsylvania?

Brotherly love

What famous Founding Father was a child of a middle colony?

Benjamin Franklin

What book by Ramon Gutierrez expanded the colonial stage to include interactions between Spanish settlers and Native Americans in the Southwest?

When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away (1991)

What environmental effects did colonization have on the New World?

Aggressive deforestation which produced climatic changes—hotter summers and colder winters.

Place the following in chronological order: William Penn founds Pennsylvania, Martin Luther begins Protestant Reformation, Pequot War, Founding of Jamestown, King Philip's War, Pilgrims sail on the Mayflower to Plymouth Bay, Founding of Rhode Island

Martin Luther, Jamestown, Plymouth Bay, Rhode Island, Pequot War, King Philip's War.