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History
Undergraduate 1
01/14/2009

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4 Great Free Migrations
Definition
Calvinists - 1620's
Anglicans - 1640's
Quakers - 1660's
Scotch/Irish - up to 1710's
Term
Mayflower Compact Date
Definition
November 21, 1620
Term
What happened in 1621?
Definition
The pilgrims met Squanto and had the first Thanksgiving.
Term
Mass. Bay Colony - who chartered it?
Definition
King Charles 1
Term
When did Winthrop & co. arrive in Massachusetts?
Definition
1630
Term
In 1645, what was the Massachusetts Bay Colony legislature like?
Definition
2 Houses; elected dupties from each township; one governor chosen by the Houses; all laws had to pass both Houses; all male property-owning church members voted for deputies.
Term
Rhode Island founding - who and when?
Definition
Roger Williams, 1636
Term
Rhode Island was the first colony to...
Definition
...legislate religious freedom.
Term
Three things all colonial covenants espoused:
Definition
1. Consent of free men (Magna Carta)
2. The rule of law (Common Law)
3. The grace of God
Term
When did Winthrop deliver his "City on a Hill" sermon? What was it called?
Definition
1630
"A Model of Christian Charity"
Term
When did Winthrop deliver his speech to the general court?
Definition
1645
Term
The Puritan Capital laws - date?
They showed devotion to what three things?
Definition
1647
Scripture, Law, and society's fundamental institutions.
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