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Groups of People
Colonization
Enlightenment
Individuals
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Non-separatists who wished to adopt reforms to purify the Church of England. They received a right to settle in the Massachusetts Bay area from the King of England.
The Puritans
100
African American slaves
Who arrives in America for the first time in 1619?
100
General Idea of the Enlightenment
People have control over their own lives. The world can be explained by science and God isn't needed as much because we can determine our own fates. period
100
Helped found and govern Jamestown. His leadership and strict discipline helped the Virginia colony get through the difficult first winter.
John Smith
200
Spanish "conquerors" who spread into the mainland of America in the name of God, also in the pursuit of silver and gold.
Conquistadores
200
Starvation was the major problem in this colony, about 90% of the colonists died the first year, many of the survivors left, and the company had trouble attracting new colonists. They did not become a successful colony until the colonists started raising and exporting tobacco.
The Colony of Virginia
200
He wrote and preached the sermon, In the Hands of an Angry God.
Who was Jonathan Edwards?
300
People who could not afford passage to the colonies could become __________. Another person would pay their passage, and in exchange, they would serve that person for a set length of time (usually seven years) and then would be free.
Indentured Servants
300
William Penn received a land grant from King Charles II, and used it to form a colony that would provide a haven for Quakers. His colony allowed religious freedom.
Pennsylvania
300
Leading English scientific organization.
Royal Society of London
300
She preached the idea that God communicated directly to individuals instead of through the church elders. She was forced to leave Massachusetts in 1637. Her followers (the Antinomianists) founded the colony of New Hampshire in 1639.
Who is Anne Hutchinson?
400
Define Old Lights and New Lights
The "New Lights" were new religious movements formed during the Great Awakening and broke away from the congregational church in New England. The "Old Lights" were the established congregational church. They were the traditionalists.
400
Colonies formed by the king, so the government had total control over them.
Royal Colonies
400
Who was John Rolfe?
He was one of the English settlers at Jamestown (and he married Pocahontas). He discovered how to successfully grow tobacco in Virginia and cure it for export, which made Virginia an economically successful colony.
500
Define Non-separatists and Separatists
Non-separatists (which included the Puritans) believed that the Church of England could be purified through reforms. Separatists (which included the Pilgrims) believed that the Church of England could not be reformed, and so started their own congregations.
500
1629 - King Charles gave the Puritans a right to settle and govern a colony. The colony established political freedom and a representative government.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
500
Credited with starting the Great Awakening, also a leader of the "New Lights."
George Whitefield