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| Left Massachusetts declaring that Puritans didn't need to listen to preachers. Faith alone, not deeds. Believed the people could interpret the Bible for themselves. |
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| 1662- created to keep the church's influence, granted the people partial membership |
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| John Winthrop/ "City Upon a Hill" |
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| Govenor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony/ dreamed of a utopia where Puritans lived out their covenant with God to lead religious experiments in the new world |
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| Wampanoags- Chief Metacom |
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| Attacked Puritan towns, engaged in a war with the colonists |
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| New England Confederation |
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| 1643- Set up by the colonists to defend themselves in a possible time of attack(England was in a civil war and couldn't be called on to help them). They were put to the test when they were attacked by the Wampanoag indians in 1675 |
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| 1636-1637- Puritans wanted Indians to move off their land so the killed a village. Eventually almost all Indians were killed or sold to slavery |
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1631- challenged Puritan beliefs: 1. said Plymouth and Bay colonies weren't legit because they originally belonged to Indians and the king didn't have the right to grant that land 2. Said civil gov't shouldn't have the right to punish religious offences
est. 1st Baptist church |
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| 1692- tried and persecuted women of being witches. 20 total people were killed |
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| 1636- led unhappy group of Puritans from Boston to Conneticut. This led to more groups of Puritans moving out in the following years |
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| Metacom/ King Philip's War |
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| 1675- Indinas attacked many Puritan towns, the colonists fought back and won, selling almost all Indians into slavery |
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| 1660- The act of restoring a monarch(Charles II r. 1660-1685) to England after the Interregnum. This renews interest in the colonies resulting in colonial growth again |
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| Laws that governed the lives of slaves:1. slaves are property 2. Slavery is passed to any children 3. can't convert your way out of slavery |
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| Son of wealthy family, inherits Pennsylvania land, makes it into a haven for Quakers |
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| Somewhat radical group of pacifists. Refused to acknowledge the upper class as better, believed in democracy, and that everyone was equal. Persecuted in England in the late 1500s |
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| Gets charter for Georgia, takes debtors over there to start fresh. Charter granted in 1732, people come over around 1733 |
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