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Act of Toleration
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Passed in Maryland in 1649 to allow freedom of religion as long as it was Christianity; its main purpose was to protect the Catholic minority in Maryland
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Anne Hutchinson
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A charismatic preacher in the Massachusetts Bay Colony; did not believe in predestination and believed faith would mean salvation, not good deeds. She was banished in 1638 and was killed by Natives in 1643
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Anglican Church
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Established in England in 1533 and under direct control of the Crown. It was Protestant meaning it was against Catholicism.
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Bacon's Rebellion
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The governor of Virginia refused to protect frontiersman from Indian attacks. As a result, Nathaniel Bacon led a group to raid the Indians. When the governor did not approve, Bacon burned down Jamestown. Showed the problems of indentured servitude and friction against the British.
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Board of Trade and Plantations
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A group in England which helped the monarch on issues regarding the colonies in the Americas
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Congregationalists (Puritans)
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A sect of Christianity in England which believed the Anglican Church was still too Catholic. They were persecuted by the King as he felt threatened by them. The Puritans were able to get a charter to form the Massachusetts Bay Colony where they could practice freely. The believed in predestination and were very intolerant of other religions.
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Dominion of New England
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Combined the New England Colonies under one rule. Created to protect the colonies from Native attacks and allowed the King to keep the colonies under tighter control in 1688. Dissolved during the Glorious Revolution.
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Edmund Andros
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The royal governor of the Dominion of New England. Very unpopular and autocratic; ousted from power during the Glorious Revolution
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First Great Awakening
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A religious movement which included George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards, who said that God would forgive people from their sins if they confessed them. Launched in the 1730s and 40s to respond to growing secularism and rationalism.
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Halfway Covenant
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An agreement from the Puritan clergy that non-church member babies could be baptized, but not allowed to become full members. Resulted from the dwindling desire for full enrollment.
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Headright System
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Tactic used to attract colonists by giving free land to anyone who could pay their own passage or anyone who was sponsored by an existing colonist.
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House of Burgesses
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A popularly-elected representative legislature established in 1619 in Jamestown; the first in the colonies.
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Indentured Servants
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People who were under contract to work for someone for 4-7 years. They were under contract because they either owed a debt or someone sponsored their trip to the colonies. After the contract was up, he or she was free to do whatever.
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Jonathan Edwards
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A minister who participated in the Great Awakening in the 1740s. Wrote the book Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God argued against easy salvation
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John Smith
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Governor of Jamestown in 1607 and 1608. Helped keep the colony from collapsing by advertising hard work.
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