1675 - A series of battles in New Hampshire between the colonists and the Wompanowogs
led by a chief known as King Philip. The war was started when the Massachusetts government tried to assert court jurisdiction over the local Indians. The colonists won with the help of the Mohawks
and this victory opened up additional Indian lands for expansion.
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"
Massachusetts Bay Colony
part of the Great Puritan Migration
Colony founded in 1628 by John Winthrop
founded by puritans. Had a theocratic republic. "City upon a hill"
English Common Law
The basis of a court system for justice. The essence of English common law is that it is made by judges sitting in courts
applying their common sense and knowledge of legal precedent to the facts before them.
Why most Protestants did not want to attend the Church of England.
Too similar to Catholicism
House of Burgesses
Elected assembly in colonial Virginia and had the authority to levy taxes and establish militia.
Religious freedom of Colonial America
Regardless of the colony
religiously-tolerant trends became indicative of most colonial settlements during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Carolina and Georgia Colonies
Unique forms of government ran by non-nobility
but maintained the fundamentals of English law and society.
The two locations Puritans fled during Anglican persecution.
The Netherlands and the New World (North America).
Consequences of opposing Act of Uniformity
Loss of income. Persecution. Family estrangement.
Puritans
One of the primary groups to oppose Anglican persecution.
Autonomous states
raised militia
colonial governments collected their own taxes
and dictated commerce.
The two monarchs that established and re-established the Church of England
Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
Carolina and Georgia Colonies
Unique forms of government ran by non-nobility, but maintained the fundamentals of English law and society.
Autonomous states
colonial governments collected their own taxes, raised militia, and dictated commerce.
Act of Supremacy
Declared the king (Henry VIII) the supreme head of the Church of England.
Anglican Church
Church of England, remained similar to the Roman Catholic Church
Act of Supremacy
Declared the king (Henry VIII) the supreme head of the Church of England.
Anglican Church
remained similar to the Roman Catholic Church
Church of England
Consequences of opposing Act of Uniformity
Loss of income. Persecution. Family estrangement.
Protestants
and papal authority.
rituals
hierarchy
Rejected Catholic tradition
Puritans
One of the primary groups to oppose Anglican persecution.
Why most Protestants did not want to attend the Church of England.
Too similar to Catholicism
Benign Neglect/ Salutary Neglect
the British crown did not have the time, money, or resources to directly manage and administer the colonies.
The two locations Puritans fled during Anglican persecution.
The Netherlands and the New World (North America).
Virginia Colony
Established in 1642 and was a colonial representative assembly.
Religious freedom of Colonial America
Regardless of the colony, religiously-tolerant trends became indicative of most colonial settlements during the 17th and 18th centuries.
William Penn and the Quakers
settled in Pennsylvania
believed the "Inner Light" could speak through any person and ran religious services without ministers. Pacifists. Founder of Pennsylvania in 1681.
Virginia Colony
Established in 1642 and was a colonial representative assembly.
Protestants
Rejected Catholic tradition, rituals, hierarchy, and papal authority.
Benign Neglect/ Salutary Neglect
the British crown did not have the time
or resources to directly manage and administer the colonies.
money
The two monarchs that established and re-established the Church of England
Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
House of Burgesses
Elected assembly in colonial Virginia and had the authority to levy taxes and establish militia.
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