People
English colonist who married Pocahontas
Who was John Rolfe?
religious group known for their tolerance, emphasis on peace, and idealistic Indian policy
Who were the Quakers?
a territory between two antagonistic powers, intended to minimize the possibility of conflict between them
What is a buffer?
representative parliamentary assembly created to govern Virginia
belief that the elect need not obey the law of either God or man
What was antinomianism?
legendary founder of the Iroquois Confederacy
Who was Hiawatha?
relatively peaceful overthrow of the unpopular Catholic monarch James II
What was the Glorious Revolution?
started in 1711 and ended in 1713, began with an Indian attack on Newbern, North Carolina
What was the Tuscarora War?
established by non-separating Puritans, grew to be the largest and most influential of the New England Colonies
migration of seventy thousand refugees from England to the North American colonies
What was the Great English Migration?
daughter of Chief Powhatan
Who was Pocahontas?
German friar who touched off the Protestant Reformation
Who was Martin Luther?
armed conflict between royalists and parliamentarians, 1642-1649
What was the English Civil War?
agreement to form a majoritarian government in Plymouth, signed aboard the Mayflower
What was the Mayflower Compact of 1620?
Calvinist doctrine that God has foreordained some people to be saved and some people to be damned
What is predestination?
Soldier-statesmen and leading founder of Georgia
Who was Oliver Cromwell?
What was conversion?
series of clashes between English settlers and Pequot Indians in the Connecticut River Valley
What was the Pequot War?
administrative union created by royal authority, incorporating all of New England, New York, and East and West Jersey
Dominion of New England
English Protestant reformers who sought to purify the Church of England of Catholic rituals and creeds
What were Puritans?
Colonial governor who imposed harsh military rule over Jamestown
Who was Lord De La Warr?
Small group of Puritans who sought to break away entirely from the Church of England
What were Separatists?
series of assaults by Metacom, King Philip, on English settlements in New England
What was King Philip's War?
weak union of the colonies in Massachusetts and Connecticut led by Puritans
What was the New England Confederation of 1643?
series of laws passed, beginning in 1651, to regulate colonial shipping
What were the Navigation Laws?