Time Period 2: 1607-1754

Anne Hutchinson

Antinomianism- A Puritan woman who disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony, and later took part in the formation of Rhode Island. She displayed the importance of questioning authority.

King Philip's War

1675 - A series of battles in New Hampshire between the colonists and the Wompanowogs. The war was started when the Massachusetts government tried to assert court jurisdiction over the local Indians. The colonists won with the help of the Mohawks, and this victory opened up additional Indian lands for expansion.

Nathaniel Bacon

Former indentured servant who led a rebellion due to his anger of upper class citizens in 1676 against the governor of the Virginia Colony

George Whitefield

English clergyman who was known for his ability to convince many people through his sermons. He involved himself in the Great Awakening in 1739 preaching his belief in gaining salvation- New Light.

The Great Awakening

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* Religious revival in the American colonies of the eighteenth century during which a number of new Protestant churches were established.
* Evangelism


* Started to go to nontraditional churches- more choices and questioning Puritanism
* Some people didn’t go to any church- thought they didn’t need an organized church


* Intercolonial- one of the first events to unite the colonies
* Democratized religion- model for the American revolution

John Edwards

Preacher in New England who helped set off the Great Awakening.

House of Burgesses

1619 - The first legislative body in colonial America in Virginia. \n Legislative assembly run by wealthy male landowners \n Tobacco became the main economic factor \n Charter was revoked and colony came under the king's control

Barbados Slave Codes

provided a legal basis for slavery in the English colony of Barbados; led to race-based slavery in the American colonies

Antinomianism

Christian theology that faith alone, not obedience to religious law, is necessary for salvation

Half-Way Covenant

Puritans becoming less strict after people started to leave- shows a loss in power of the church

Pequot War

1636- Causes:

* Native economic problems and resentment towards whites
* Tribes had conflicts against each other
* Usually unable to unite
* Attack was planned by English settlers
* Used Bible to justify

Effect: In 2 years 1500 of this group were killed, enslaved, or relocated to other tribes

Stono Rebellion

1739-

* Slave rebellion in South Carolina
* Looted Hutchinton’s store and burned plantations
* Fled to Spanish Florida, killed 25 whites as they went, made them scared
* Led to the Negro Act of 1740

Pilgrims

Radical Separatists practicing Calvinism

Went from England to the Netherlands to New England, didn't want their children to be Dutch \n Mayflower Compact- 1620 \n Self governing

Puritans

this religious group who wanted to reform the Anglican church from outside as a model

John Winthrop \n Covenant theology \n Belief that Puritans had a covenant with God to lead a religious experiment in the colonies \n "City upon a hill"

Philip’s War

* -1675-1676
* His father Massasoit helped the Pilgrims
* Turned to conflict in one generation
* Fought over land- only resource Wampanoags had left
* Started to buy weapons
* Rival tribes and Connecticut joined English militia
* Very destructive war- 10% of the soldiers on both sides were killed
* Put King Philip’s head on a spike