People
Defeated by the South Carolinians in the war of 1715-1716
Yamasee Indians
in politics, a territory between two antagonist powers intended to minimize the possibility of conflict between them
buffers
armed conflict between royalists and parliamentarians, resulting in the victory of pro-parliament forces and execution of Charles I
English Civil War
Date of English Civil War
1642-1649
Guaranteed toleration to all Christians but decreed the death penalty for those like Jews and atheists who denied divinity of Jesus Christ
Act of Toleration
frontier farmers who illegally occupied land owned by others or not yet officially opened for settlement
squatters
Intense, religious experience, that confirmed an individuals place among the elect or the visible Saints
Conversions
Began with an Indian attack on Newbern and caused remaining Indians to migrate northward
Tuscarora War
Date of Tuscarora War
1711-1713
Provided that only English ships would be allowed to trade in English and colonial ports, and that all gods destined for colonies would first pas through England
Navigation Laws
Salem minister who advocated a complete break from Church of England and criticized the MA bay colony for unlawfully, taking land from the Indians banished for his heresies
Roger Willams
Belief that the elect need not obey the law of either God or man, most notably spouse in the colonies by Anne Hutchison
Antinomianism
Series of assaults by Metacom, King Philip, on English settlements in New England
King Phillips War
Date Act of Toleration passed
1649
Also known as sanctuary laws, they are designed to restrict personal behavior and accord with a strict code of morality
Blue laws
Small group of Puritans, who sought to break away entirely from the church of England
Separatists
Dominant theological credo of the New England Puritans, based on the teachings of John Calvin. Believe in predestination that only the elect were destined for salvation.
calvinism
Series of clashes between English settlers and Pequot Indians in the Connecticut River Valley ended in the slaughter of the Pequots by the Puritans and their Narragansett Indian allies
Pequot War
Date of salutary neglect
1688-1783
Agreement to form a majoritarian government in Plymouth, signed aboard the mayflower. created a foundation for self government in the colony
Mayflower Compact
English protestant reformers who sought to purify the Church of England of Catholic rituals and creeds
puritans
Calvinist doctrine that God has for ordained some people to be saved, and some to be damned.
Predestination
Migration of 70,000 refugees from England to the North American colonies primarily New England and the Caribbean the 20,000 migrants who Came to Massachusetts largely shared a common sense of purpose to establish a model Christian settlement in the New World
Great English Migration
Date of Pequot War
1636-1638
First formal statue, governing the treatment of slaves which provided for harsh punishments against defending slaves, but lacked penalties for the mistreatment of slaves by masters
Barbados Slave Code