Who said that?
“We shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us.”
John Winthrop
“Quakers, Frame of Government, ‘Holy Experiment’”
Pennsylvania
This 1619 institution gave Virginia colonists a voice in their government — the first of its kind in British America.
House of Burgesses
Great Migration → ______ → Founding of Rhode Island
Banishment of Roger Williams.
Mercantilism, Navigation Acts, Enumerated goods (cash crops)
Economic Control
“The reason why congregations have been so dead is because they had dead men preaching to them.”
George Whitefield
“City upon a hill, Puritans, Town meetings”
Massachusetts Bay
1620 agreement signed aboard ship that established self-government for the Plymouth settlers.
Mayflower Compact
Navigation Acts → ______ → Smuggling and colonial resistance
Salutary Neglect
Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses, Town meetings
Early forms of self government
“I thank you for your civility, but I came not hither to hear such things. If you have nothing else but this to say, I pray dismiss me.”
Anne Hutchinson
“Proprietary grant, Catholic haven, Act of Toleration”
Maryland
This short-lived consolidation of northern colonies under royal authority banned town meetings and raised taxes.
Dominion of New England
Bacon’s Rebellion → ______ → Increased use of African slavery
Decline of Indentured Servitude
Anne Hutchinson’s trial, Roger Williams’ banishment, Halfway Covenant
Religious Conflict in New England
“How miserable that man is that governs a people where six parts of seven at least are poor, indebted, discontented, and armed.”
Govenor William Berkley
“Buffer colony, Banned slavery and rum (initially), Founded by James Oglethorpe”
Georgia
This 1639 document is considered the first written constitution in the English colonies.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Declining religious fervor → ______ → Greater church participation without conversion
Halfway Covenant
Triangular Trade, Middle Passage, Plantation system
Slave System
“You may thank yourselves for your misfortunes, for your not yielding obedience to the King's Government.”
Sir Edmund Andros
“Banished dissenters, Roger Williams, Separation of church and state”
Rhode Island
This term refers to the three types of colonial charters: some were directly ruled by the crown, others by individuals, and some by companies.
Royal, Proprietary, Corporate
John Locke’s “natural rights” → ______ → Justification for challenging government authority
Social Contract
First Great Awakening, John Peter Zenger trial, Enlightenment thought
Challenges to authority