People
founded Providence, then united it with Portsmouth to make Rhode Island.
Roger Williams
Protestant people who went against the teachings of the Anglican church.
Separatists
This set of laws in Massachusetts called for rule by the majority
Mayflower Compact
main crop of South Carolina
Rice
the First college in America
Harvard
woman dissenter who forms Portsmouth, RI
Anne Hutchison
15,000 come to America because of the English Civil War....called this
Great Migration
In 1620, this group settled the colony of Plymouth
Pilgrims
known for small tobacco farms and being independent of British control
North Carolina
court case where a jury acquits a NY news editor on charges of libel
The Zenger Case
founder of Hartford, Connecticut
Thomas Hooker
Penn's plan for his colony of Pennsylvania
Holy Experiment
The English Protestants who came to America were influenced by this man
John Calvin
the British take land from these people in order to unite the northern colonies and Chesapeake colonies
The Dutch
Name 3 main groups of European immigrants to the US in the colonial period.
German, Scots-Irish, Huguenots, English, Dutch, Swedes.
founds the buffer colony of Georgia; bans the drinking of rum
James Oglethorpe
the belief that God guides those who are to be saved
predestination
Name 2 reasons why Providence is unique.
1. Religious freedom
2. Recognize rights of Native Am. & pay for land
Quakers control these two colonies
NJ & Pennsylvania
2 leaders of the Great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards & George Whitefield
The Duke of York's 2 friends, whom he gives control of New Jersey.
George Carteret & Lord Berkeley
idea that faith alone, not deeds, is necessary for salvation
antinomianism
The first written constitution in American history
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
2 reasons Georgia receives direct support from Great Britain
1. buffer from Florida (Spanish)
2. debtor colony
famous African-American poet of the colonial period
Phillis Wheatley