CHAPTER 3 STUDENT-POWERPOINT NOTES
REASONS FOR COLONIES
Southern colonies=m o n e y
Northern colonies=r e l i g i o n
3 MAJOR
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LEADERS OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION
M a r t i n
L u t h e r
J o h n
C a l v i n
H e n r y
V I I I
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CALVINISM
Religious theological view advocated by reformer J o h n
C a l v i n
Wrote down his beliefs in T h e
I n s t i t u t e s
o f h r i s t i i g i o n
Basic beliefs of Calvinism:
o T o t a l
d e p r a v i t y of man
o U n c o n d i t i o n a l
e l e c t i o n or “The Elect”
o L i m i t e d
a t o n e m e n t
o Irresistible grace
o P r e s e r v a t i o n of the Saints
R e f o r m a t i o n in England
r c h or the C h u r c h
o f
g l a n d
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HENRY THE 8TH
Started the P r o t e s t a n t
Established the A n g l i c a n
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TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH CALVINISM
The E l e c t —the people already chosen and going to heaven
P r e d e s t i n a t i o n —God has chosen to save some souls for himself
V i s i b l e S a i n t s —people who lived Godly and righteous lives and who appeared
to be elect
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PURITANS AND PILGRIMS
Puritan’s were either “S e p a r t i s t s or Non-Separatists”
Separatists wanted to “s e p a r a t e ” from the C h u r c h
o f
E n g l a n d
Puritan Non-Separatists wanted to “p u r i f y ” the Church of England
THE PILGRIMS
First went to H o l l a n d but children were being “D u t c h i f i e d ”
Came aboard the M a y f l o w e r and landed at P l y m o u t h , Massachusetts in
1 6 2 0
Most famous S e p a r a t i s t
PILGRIM LIFE
Before the Pilgrims got off the boat, they drew up a brief M a y f l o w e r o m p a c t
Taste of d e m o c r a c y —will abide by the majority
First T h a n k s g i v i n g held in 1 6 2 1
Wasn’t for Indians, thanks was to God!
M a s s a s o i t —Indian who spent Thanksgiving with Pilgrims
W i l l i a m
B r a d f o r d —governor of Pilgrims
o Elected 30 times
o Wrote O f
P l y m o u t h
P l a n t a t i o n , a book about Pilgrims
in Plymouth
MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY/”BIBLE COMMONWEALTH”
Puritan’s settled Mass. Bay Colony
J o h n
W i n t h r o p —governor of Massachusetts
Believed he had a calling from God
C o n g r e g a t i o n a l
Puritans
C h u r c h —official tax supported church of the
2 STATE SUPPORTED CHURCHES
1. A n g l i c a n Church
2. C o n g r e g a t i o n a l Church
MASS. BAY DISSENTERS
A n n e
H u t c h i n s o n
o Banished for heresy
o Believed in “A n t i n o m i a n i s m ”
Roger W i l l i a m s
o Disagreed with Bay Colony on paying taxes to Congregational Church
o Started his own colony of R h o d e
I s l a n d
o Rhode Island nicknamed “The Sewer”
o Started what we believe to be the first B a p t i s t church in America
o Paid I n d i a n s for their land
RD
CONNECTICUT
Founded by T h o m a s
H o o k e r
Connecticut was the first colony with a w r i t t e n
c o n s t i t u t i o n
Constitution was called the F u n d a m e n o n n e c t i c u t and was so well
written it is basically the same today
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BY
KING PHILLIP’S WAR
King Phillip also known as M e t a c o m e t
First Indian to attempt to band all Indians together to drive out the English in the North
Was captured with the help of the “praying Indian”
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ATTEMPTS COLONIAL UNITY
N a v i g a t i o n
A c t
o f
1 6 5 0 —enforced and created in England
N e w
E n g l a n d
C o n f e d e r a t i o n —first attempt at colonial
unity
o Formed as a defense against Indians
o Small, made up of only 4 colonies
D o m i n i o n
o f
N e w
E n g l a n d
o Second attempt at colonial unity
o Made up of 9 colonies
o Mainly set up to control colonial/English economics (Mercantilism)
o Sir E d m u n d
A n d r o s —Governor of the Dominion of New England
THE DUTCH SETTLEMENT
The D u t c h were the people that found what we call N e w
Y o r k
N e w
N e t h e r l a n d s —Dutch name for NY
New York City called N e w
A m s t e r d a m
Dutch bought M a n h a t t a n Island from Indians for about $20 dollars worth of
trinkets
Divided New Netherlands into “p a t r o o n s h i p s ”
Patroonships were vast feudal estates on the Hudson River
Dutch built a strong wall to protect themselves against the Indians today we call W a l l
S t r e e t
PENNSYLVANIA
Founded by W i l l i a m
P e n n
Called “T h e
H o l y
E x p e r i m e n t ”
Penn was a Q u a k e r and Pennsylvania to be a refuge for Q u a k e r s
Q u a k e r s also called “The Religious Society of Friends”
Quakers started the first a n t i s l a v e r y societies
Quakers believed in p a s s i v e resistance
King gave William Penn’s family land in America
Penn got along with Indians and paid them for land
P h i l a d e l p h i a known as “City of Brotherly Love”
o Planned by William Penn
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THE MIDDLE COLONIES
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N e w
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N e w
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P e n n s
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