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willingness to let others practice their own religion
religious tolerance
day of rest
sabbath
divided the middle colonies from the Southern
Mason-Dixon Line
written list of freedoms government promises to protect
Bill of Rights
publishing a statement that may unjustly damage a person's reputation
libel
she questioned a ministers teachings
Ann Hutchinson
Protestant reformers despised in England
Quakers
he persuaded to let King Charles to grant him land for a colony to build where Catholics could practice their religion freely
Sir George Calvert
economic theory that a nation became strong by keeping strict control it's trade
mercantilism
huge religious movement of the 1730's-1740's
Great Awakening
he believed the Puritans had to much power
Roger Williams
colony England took from the Netherlands
New York
religious freedom for all christians
Act of Toleration
the English Parliament passed a series of acts to ensure that only England benefited from colonial trade
navigational acts
lowest social class / singed contracts to work without wages for a period of four to seven years
Indentured Servants
puritans were at war with....
Native Amercans
founded by Tomas Hooker
Connecticut
Nathaniel organized angry men and women and they raided a Native American village and then burned down the capital of Jamestown
Bacon's Revolt
group of people who have the power to make laws
legislature
reason and scientific methods could be applied to the study of society
Enlightenment
this is where settlers discussed and voted on many issues
town meetings
Colony created because NY was too big
New Jersey
the Northern part of the Carolinas were mostly...
poor tobacco farmers
merchants from New England dominated colonial trade and were called...
Yankees
private school girls, run by women in their own homes
Dame Schools