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Settling the Northern Colonies Vocab
Chapter 3 Vocabulary
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History
11th Grade
09/07/2015

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Calvanism
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A theological system created by John Calvin that develops Martin Luther's doctrine of Justification by faith alone.
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predestination
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A divine foreordaining of all that will happen specifically in reguards to one's salvation
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conversion
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the receipt of God's free gift(saving grace)
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Puritans
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Englishmen who were inspired by the Protestant Reformation to reform the English church from within, eradicating Catholicism completely
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Sepratists
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decided to geographically separate themselves from the church to live out their own religion. They ended up in New England
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Mayflower Compact
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Signed November 11,1620 by 41 men, first written framework of government established in what is now the United States. Not a constitution
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
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An English settlement on the Eastern coast of the United States located near Salem and Boston
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Great Migration
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Migration consisting mostly of puritans from England
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antinomianism
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under the gospel dispensation of grace the moral law is of no use because faith alone is necessary to salvation.
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Fundamental Orders
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A document drafted by the settlers of the Connecticut River colony in 1639 that was basically a modern constitution.
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Pequot War
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A war in which the Pequot Indian tribe was pretty much destroyed
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King Phillip's War
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War that occurred in 1675 and 1676 between the New England settlers and a united Indian force.
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English Civil War
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A war breaking out in 1643 that was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists
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Dominion of New England
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Royal authority created this dominion in 1686, which was imposed from London on all of New England (then later New York and East/West Jersey).
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Navigation Laws
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Unpopular laws created and enforced by English royal authority. Under these laws the American colonies under English control were prohibited from trading with any territories not under British control.
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Glorious( Bloodless) Revolution
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1688-1689 James II was dethroned and William II and his wife were enthroned
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salutary neglect
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Navigation Laws became weakly enforced
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patroonships
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feudal estates fronting the Hudson River that were granted to promoters who agreed to settle 50 people on them.
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blue laws
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Laws created to restrict behaviors in accordance with a moral or religious code
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