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- 2. the agreement made among the Pilgrims before they left their ship and settled in The Plymouth Colony. They agreed to form a government and obey laws. This became the framework for self-government in the United States.
- 5. 1675 - War between Eastern woodlands indians and the New England colonists. At first, American Indians used guns they had acquired from traders and devastated the New England settlements. Eventually the Native Americans began to starve because the settlers had destroyed their crops. At the end of the conflict American Indians had lost much of their land in New England.
- 7. leading political thinker of the Enlightenment. His ideas heavily influenced early American government. Belief in natural rights- life, liberty, property
- 8. a type of democracy where citizens elect government officials
- 10. Connecticut wrote out the laws of their colony. The eventual US Constitution is closely based on this document.
- 13. a philosophical movement characterized by the belief that all problems could be solved using human reason. It challenged old ways of thinking about religion, science, government and society.
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- 1. the ambitious, reckless leader of an armed rebellion of Virginian settlers
- 3. An armed rebellion by Virginia settlers against the royal governor of Virginia William Berkley. Berkeley tried to stop the settlers' use of violence to drive American Indians from Virginia. The settlers massacred American Indians, drove out the governor and burned the town. This showed that the government would not support poorer farmers and leads to a shift toward enslaved labor
- 4. The name for the religious revivals led by powerful evangelical preachers. The preachers rejected the Enlightenment views of natural law and reason. They stressed that individuals could determine God’s law for themselves and find their own salvation. This challenged traditional religions (Puritans, etc).The impacts include intensifying colonists' sense of themselves as individuals and helped spread ideas of equality. Many colonists believed that if they could choose their own religion they could also choose their own form of government.
- 6. the first example of representative government in colonial America (Virginia). Elected leaders had the power to make laws and raise taxes. Began the strong tradition of representative government in the English colonies.
- 9. Also known as King Phillip, he was a chief of the Wampanoag Indians.
- 11. grammar school (elementary) for girls in the New England colonies. Private school operated out of a woman’s home.
- 12. New England colonies prosecuted suspected witches. Evil magic was suspected whenever cattle and children became sick or died. In 1692 19 suspected witches were tried, convicted and executed