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    Apush Chapter 2 Notes

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    Theocracy Antinomianism John Smith Pequot War Virginia House of Burgesses Bacon’s Rebellion John Winthrop Plymouth Plantation William Bradford Dominion of New England King Philip’s War Powhatan William Penn George & Cecilius Calvert Massachusetts Bay Company Quakers Glorious Revolution Mayflower Compact Quitrent Headright Metacomet Roger Williams Jacob Leisler Middle Ground Sir William Berkeley MATCHING A. Match each of the following people with the appropriate description:

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    City Upon the Hill

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    The City upon the Hill John Winthrop founded the colony of Massachusetts Bay in 1630‚ where he was the first Governor of the colony‚ a position he held for twenty years. In April‚ 1630‚ aboard the ship Arbella‚ he led a large party from England for the new world to establish a pure Christian based colony. "They hoped to establish communities of pure Christians who collectively swore a covenant with God that would they work for his ends‚ knowing that in return‚ He would watch over them".

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    AP US History Chapter 2 Identifications 1.) English Protestant Reformation: took place in 1530’s when King Henry VII broke with the Roman Catholic Church. 2.) “Sea Dogs”: English buccaneers who sought to promote the twin goals of Protestantism and plunder by seizing Spanish treasure ships and raiding Spanish settlements. 3.) Francis Drake: famous “sea dog” who returned in 1580 with his ship full of Spanish booty and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth on the deck of his ship. 4.) Sir

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    shape the development of that colony? * Winthrop wants them to be a city in which everyone can copy‚ and look up to. They want to be a city upon a hill‚ literally where they can control everyone around them. They want to be a prosperous yet very close minded estate with no religious tolerance. * What kinds of settlers arrived in Massachusetts Bay‚ Plymouth Plantation‚ and Connecticut? * The puritans and Pilgrims arrived there (New England Colony). They were very religious.

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    Religious Rebellion Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams were expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious beliefs that went against the church. Anne Hutchinson was banished from Boston by John Winthrop‚ and other members of the Boston church‚ for speaking out against the ministers and their sermons. Roger Williams was exiled from Salem by the members of the Salem Church for preaching his “four extreme positions” (NAAL‚ Volume A‚ 174)‚ specifically stating that the New England churches

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    The colonies were created for various reasons‚ by different groups of people. Both before and after the Protestant Reformation‚ many of the colonies were created so that persecuted people could escape the Church of England and practice their own religion without fear. The Protestant Reformation began when Martin Luther nailed his protests against the Catholic Church on the doors of a church in 1517. In his writing he denounced the authority of priests and popes and claimed that the bible was the

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    Massachusetts had a very interesting past during the colonial period of early American History. It all started in 1620. Many groups settled in Massachusetts to escape religious persecution and practice religious freedom in America. Pilgrims from England‚ arriving on the Mayflower‚ settled in the Plymouth area of Massachusetts. Over the next several decades and into the seventeenth century‚ Puritans from England settled in Salem‚ Boston‚ and officially established the Massachusetts Bay colony

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    conquer uncharted land‚ discover new unique crops‚ and collect riches such as rare minerals like gold. Some of the first contacts weren’t great‚ most starved‚ some even died. They needed help‚ therefore‚ the fragile pilgrims of what was left of the colony sent for help. The colonials sailed on the ship which took them many months just to get back to Europe‚ and it would take even longer for these colonials to return back to the New World. They explained to the Virginia Company that they were determined

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    During the 1600s

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    During the 1600s‚ as waves of Puritan immigrants arrived in the region of New England‚ settling the area and establishing population centers in areas like Massachusetts Bay‚ where the part of Boston was established. In contrast to the Chesapeake region’s inhabitants‚ the Puritan settlers did not come primarily for economic interests and for monetary gains‚ but actually out of a desire to create a more pure‚ moral society based on their street code of moral living and emphasis on the family and community

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    Stephen James Dr. Burgess History 111 Section 010 5 February 2013 Solving the Puritan Dilemma John Winthrop was not only a political leader and organizer for the Massachusetts Bay colony‚ but he was also the leader of forming the idealistic views of the Puritans. Winthrop began his life rich‚ coming from his families wealth‚ enjoying his lavish life and the pleasures that came with it. However‚ while he was under the weather‚ he realized that indulging in these meager worldly pleasures was

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