Puritan Values
The puritans wanted to build this shining example of freedom and civilization.
What is a city upon a hill?
This Mid Atlantic colony had a good relationship, socially and economically, with the nearby Native American populations.
What is Pennsylvania?
This colony founder used his Quaker beliefs as a basis for establishing Pennsylvania as a haven for true religious freedom.
Who is William Penn?
This man wrote the 95 theses that began the Protestant Reformation.
Who is Martian Luther?
The Mayflower Compact and Connecticut's Fundamental Orders served as examples for this predecessor document.
This fish was the staple food source for the Puritan settlers who didn't have access to good farmland.
What are cod?
This military alliance was designed to defend the northern colonies against native attacks.
What is the New England Confederation?
This group of religious dissenters sought an escape from persecution by founding the Plymouth colony.
Who are the Separatist Puritans?
This nation began an inquisition to convert the world to Catholicism.
What is Spain?
The entire New England region was settled by people originating from this colony.
What is the Massachusetts Bay colony?
Puritan townships with 50 or more families were legally required to build at least one of these.
What are schoolhouses?
This ultimately weakened Native American tribes beyond the ability to function.
What is disease? (smallpox and measles)
Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay colony, left, and founded this colony, as a sanctuary for increased religious toleration.
What is Rhode Island?
This country was persecuting its Catholic, Puritan, and Quaker populations.
What is England?
Fierce individualism among the 13 colonies was a factor that delayed this conflict.
What is the American Revolution?
The Puritans eventually decided to drop this as a voting rights requirement.
What is church membership?
This was the European nickname given to the Native chieftain, Metacom.
Who was King Philip?
The Massachusetts Bay colony was chartered as this type of British colony.
What is a royal colony?
This Colonial power suffered a civil war that was fought between the monarchy and the representative body.
What is England?
The New England Confederation was an inspiring factor for this important future meeting.
What is the first continental congress?
Puritans allowed churches to become established, meaning the churches had access to this as a revenue stream.
What is tax revenue?
This was the first official war between the British colonists and Native Americans.
What is Pequot's War?
This General was forced to surrender the Dutch colonies of New Netherlands to England.
Peter Stuyvesant
This document created the 1st constitutional monarchy, by limiting the monarch's power.
What is the Magna Carta?
The end of the English civil war established this legal method of limiting government power by distributing it through other branches of government.
What are Checks and Balances?