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Benign Neglect/ Salutary Neglect
the British crown did not have the time, money, or resources to directly manage and administer the colonies.
Autonomous states
colonial governments collected their own taxes, raised militia, and dictated commerce.
Virginia Colony
Established in 1642 and was a colonial representative assembly.
House of Burgesses
Elected assembly in colonial Virginia and had the authority to levy taxes and establish militia.
Carolina and Georgia Colonies
Unique forms of government ran by non-nobility, but maintained the fundamentals of English law and society.
The two monarchs that established and re-established the Church of England
Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
Act of Supremacy
Declared the king (Henry VIII) the supreme head of the Church of England.
Puritans
One of the primary groups to oppose Anglican persecution.
Protestants
Rejected Catholic tradition, rituals, hierarchy, and papal authority.
Anglican Church
Church of England, remained similar to the Roman Catholic Church
Consequences of opposing Act of Uniformity
Loss of income. Persecution. Family estrangement.
The two locations Puritans fled during Anglican persecution.
The Netherlands and the New World (North America).
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Colony founded in 1628 by John Winthrop, part of the Great Puritan Migration, founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill"
Religious freedom of Colonial America
Regardless of the colony, religiously-tolerant trends became indicative of most colonial settlements during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Why most Protestants did not want to attend the Church of England.
Too similar to Catholicism
Benign Neglect/ Salutary Neglect
or resources to directly manage and administer the colonies.
the British crown did not have the time
money
