Kip Hacking Period 3 Chapter 3 Text Assignment Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700 READ pages 41-61, define the following terms and understand their significance: 1.)Mayflower Compact-It was a simple agreement to form a crude government and to submit to the will of the majority under the regulations agreed upon.The compact was signed by 42 adult males, before the people on the Mayflower went ashore to start the colony. 2.)William Bradford-He was a leader of the Pilgrims.He was a self taught scholar who read Hebrew, Greek, Latin, French, and Dutch.He was chosen governor thirty times in the annual elections. 3.)Great Migration (1630s)-It was where thousands of Puritans left England.About 75,000 refuges left England, only about 14,000 came to Massachusetts.Also not all of the people that came to America were Puritans. 4.)John Winthrop-He was the first governor of Massachusetts.He believed it was calling from god to lead this religious experiment.He help make Massachusetts prosper, as fur trading, fishing, and ship building blossomed into important industries, especially fish and ships. 5.)Anne Hutchinson-She was an exceptionally intelligent, strong-willed, and talkative women. She was an extreme Puritan, and believed that a holy life was no sure sign of salvation and that the truly saved need not bother to obey the law of either god or man.This was known as antinomianism.She was brought to trial and banished from the colony. 6.)Antinomianism-It’s the idea that a holy life was no sure sign of salvation and that the truly saved need not bother to obey the law of either god or man 7.)Roger Williams-He was a Salem minister who was considered an extreme Separatist.Who was eventually banished from Massachusetts.He founded the Rhode Island, where he established complete religious freedom. 8.)Pequot War-It was a war between the Pequot Indians and the English Settlers.The Pequot tribe was virtually annihilated and it was uneasy peace for 4 decades afterwards between the Settlers and Pequot’s. 9.)King Philip’s (Metacom) War-It slowed the westward march of English settlement in New England for several decades.But the war inflicted a lasting defeat on New England’s Indians. Drastically reduced in numbers, dispirited, and disbanded, they never again seriously threatened the New England colonists. 10.)New England Confederation-It was 4 colonies that banded together.There primary purpose was to defend against foes and potential foes.Notably the Indians, French, and Dutch.Also it helped with runaway servants and criminals who fled from one colony.He colony had 2 votes, regardless of population or size. 11.)Dominion of New England-It was imposed from London.It aimed at bolstering colonial defense in the event of war with the Indians.Also it was to promote the urgently needed efficiency in the administration of the English Navigation Laws. 12.)Sir Edmund Andros-He became the English leader of the Dominion of New England.He put down the mailed fist.Laid heavy restrictions on the courts, the press and the schools; and
