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THE COLONIES PART ONE

THE COLONIES PART ONE. 1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony. Mayflower Compact. A Pilgrim, the second governor of the Plymouth colony, 1621-1657.

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THE COLONIES PART ONE

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  1. THE COLONIES PART ONE

  2. 1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. • It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony.

  3. Mayflower Compact

  4. A Pilgrim, the second governor of the Plymouth colony, 1621-1657. • He developed private land ownership and helped colonists get out of debt. • He helped the colony survive droughts, crop failures, and Indian attacks.

  5. William Bradford

  6. Separatists who believed that the Church of England could not be reformed. • Separatist groups were illegal in England, so they fled to America and settled in Plymouth.

  7. Pilgrims

  8. 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.

  9. Puritans

  10. 1629 - King Charles gave the Puritans a right to settle and govern a colony in the Boston area. • The colony established political freedom and a representative government.

  11. Massachusetts Bay Colony

  12. 1629 - The Puritan stockholders of the Massachusetts Bay Company agreed to emigrate to New England on the condition that they would have control of the government of the colony.

  13. Cambridge Agreement

  14. Many Puritans emigrated from England to America in the 1630s and 1640s. • During this time, the population of the Massachusetts Bay colony grew to ten times its earlier population.

  15. Puritan Great Migration

  16. The national church of England, founded by King Henry VIII. • It included both Roman Catholic and Protestant ideas.

  17. Church of England (Anglican Church)

  18. 1629 - He became the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony, and served in that capacity from 1630 through 1649.

  19. John Winthrop (1588-1649)

  20. A Puritan with strong religious beliefs. • He opposed total democracy, believing the colony was best governed by a small group of skillful leaders. • He helped organize the New England Confederation in 1643 and served as its first president.

  21. John Winthrop (1588-1649)

  22. Puritans who believed that the Church of England could be purified through reforms.

  23. Non-separatists

  24. Pilgrims who believed that the Church of England could not be reformed, and so started their own congregations.

  25. Separatists

  26. Protestant sect founded by John Calvin. • Emphasized a strong moral code and believed in predestination. • Supported constitutional representative government and the separation of church and state.

  27. Calvinism

  28. The idea that God decided whether or not a person would be saved as soon as they were born.

  29. Predestination

  30. Founded by separatists who felt that the Church of England retained too many Roman Catholic beliefs and practices. • The Pilgrims were members of this church.

  31. Congregational Church

  32. Stressed morality over church dogma.

  33. Cambridge Platform

  34. Those members of the congregation who had achieved grace.

  35. Elect

  36. They were self-governed, with each town having its own government which led the people in strict accordance with church beliefs. • Only those members of the congregation who had achieved grace and were full church members could vote and hold public office.

  37. Puritan colonies

  38. 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 founded the colony of New Hampshire in 1639.

  39. Anne Hutchinson

  40. The idea that God communicated directly to individuals instead of through the church elders. • The followers of this belief founded New Hampshire.

  41. Antinomianism

  42. 1635 - He left the Massachusetts colony and purchased the land from a neighboring Indian tribe to found the colony of Rhode Island.

  43. Roger Williams

  44. The only colony to offer complete religious freedom.

  45. Rhode Island

  46. Puritan teachings emphasized the biblical __: • God’s __ with Adam and with Noah • The __ of grace between God and man through Christ.

  47. Covenant theology

  48. 1631 - The Massachusetts general court passed an act to limit voting rights to ___.

  49. Church members

  50. Applied to those members of the Puritan colonies who were the children of church members, but who hadn’t achieved grace themselves. • It allowed them to participate in some church affairs.

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