Colonial Government
First Representative Assembly in VA
Belief in predestination; Basis for puritan faith
Wampanoag Leader who allied with the Plymouth Colony.
Massasoit
Restricted colonial trade to benefit England
Navigation laws
First governor of Massachusetts Bay colony.
John Winthrop
Agreement for Self-Government before disembarking at Plymouth
Mayflower Compact
Wished to reform the Church of England
Puritans
Yamasee Indians
Period of relaxed/lacking enforcement of trade laws
Salutary Neglect
Founded Rhode island with intent of religious liberty
Roger Williams
First Written Constitution
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Wished to separate from the Church of England as a whole.
Separatists
war; North Carolina vs. Tuscarora tribe.
Tuscarora War
Harsh legal code regulating slavery; outlined punishments for slave disobedience
Barbados Slave Code
Founder of Georgia, was a military leader and prison reformer.
James Oglethorpe
Early Attempt at a semi-national level of colonial unity
New England Confederation
Belief that the elected do not need to follow laws
Antinomianism
war; Major Native resistance in the Northeast led by Metacom
King Philip's War (Metacom's War)
Laws restricting moral behavior in accordance for morality
Blue Laws
Founded Pennsylvania
Royal control over multiple colonies
Dominion of New England
Maryland Law granting Christian religious freedom
Act of Toleration
Conflict that ended in near total destruction of the Pequot tribe
Pequot War
In politics, often a zone used to further separate 2 nations to reduce conflict. Georgia is a great example.
Buffer
Banished for Religious dissent and belief in antinomianism in Massachusetts
Anne Hutchinson