Chapter 4 Northern Colonies in 17th Century Flashcards

Williams believed the Church was corrupt because Christians could and did alter the meaning of the Bible and what God expected; also argued about everyone having to go to church even if they are not christian

Believed government should tolerate all religious beliefs because only God knows the Truth and no person can understand God absolutely; religious toleration and liberty of conscience were only paths to religious purity and political harmony

Began with the Reformation where people insisted on a genuine, throughgoing Reformation; Puritanism appealed to people that disliked the Church; some tenents are abolishing church hiearchy and ordinary Christains gain control over religious life, do away with Catholic worship and emphazied individual relationship with god

Henry initiated the Reformation by passing the Act of Supremacy; he was able to control the church but brought religious and political turmoil

Puritans wanted to make the church throughly Protestant but when Charles I and James I were king, they enforced conformity to the Church and prosecuted anyone who didn't

When James I and Charles I came into power, they initiated anti-Puritan policies and enforce conformity to the church; Puritans despaired defending their faith in England and emigrated to America

Pilgrims settled in Plymouth and elected William Bradford as their governor; half of the people died in winter from disease and scurvy

They pledged to combine themselves together into a civil body poltic, for order and preservation; all men agreed to it and obey necessary and just laws; this was to provide order and security as well as a claim to legitimacy

Squanto and Samoset rescued the settlers and befriended them; they knew english and Squanto taught the Pilgrims how to set corn, where to take fish, procure other commodities, and showed them around unknown places

A group of Puritans gained a royal charter for the Massachusetts Bay Company; it permitted the colony to be located in the colonies rather than England where Puritans can set up their own government and reform the church

Led the emigrants to Massachusetts Bay Colony and served as a governor; preached a sermon that made the Puritans work for the common good and give up their own interests

This sermon fired the Puritans' fierce determination to keep their covenant and live according to God's law and devoted themselves to God's plan; shaped the 17th century New England

Mostly middle class people from England came to New England and paid their way to Massachusetts; New England immigrants usually arrived in familes in contrast to Chesapeake which are mostly indentured servants and women and children made up a majority in New England

New England colonists settled in small towns located near rivers or on the coast; there were tensions in the Puritan faith and changes in New England communities which splintered religious orthodoxy and weakened Puritan zeal

Calvin believed in predestination, which was the idea that people's afterlife were decided before they were born by God; only God knew the elect, which were human souls that would recieve eternal life