American paegent chapter 3

Similarities between New England colonies

Religious motives, male and females, tight knit communities, mixed economy

Separatists

Radical Puritans who wanted to break away from the Anglican church

Mayflower compact

Established a basic government based upon majority rule.

Native Americans who helped Plymouth colony survive early days

Squanto

In 1629, Puritan ___ received a charter to est. the ___ with the goal to be a ___

John Winthrop Massachusetts Bay colony, city upon a hill

In the Massachusetts Bay colony, religious freedom was reserved for ___

Puritans

What was required for participation in politics in the Massachusetts Bay colony

Church membership

Town hall meetings became an important part of

direct democracy (all church-going males could participate)

Roger Williams

Questioned Puritan leadership, called for the separation of church and state, and criticized colonists' treatment of native Americans. He was banished from the colony and found Providence, Rhode Island which was the first colony with complete religious freedom

Anne Hutchison

Challenged the accepted role of women in the church by openly speaking out against church leaders

Pequot war (1630s)

New England colonists wipe out Pequot tribe

New England confederation (1643)

Military alliance intended to defend NE colonies against potential threats

King Phillip's (Metacom's) War (1675-76)

Leader of the Wampanoags defeated by the colonists, end of major resistance to New England colonies

First middle colony

New York, originally New Amsterdam but Charles II sent a military expedition and granted the area to James, the Duke or York (1664)

Pennselvania

Founded by William Penn as a refuge for Quakers. It was very liberal (representative assembly), treated native Americans fairly, religious toleration and freedom, extended rights to women

Salutary neglect

An English policy of not strictly enforcing laws in its colonies

Navigation acts

1) Trade carried only on English or colonial ships, 2) Trade has to pass through English ports, 3) Certain goods like tobacco would only be exported to England

Dominion of New England (1686)

Implemented to increase royal control over the colonies

Who was appointed to keep colonies in check

Sir Edmund Andros who was unpopular because he enforced the navigation acts, limited town meetings, etc.