Vocab Flashcard Ch 3 Settling the Northern Colonies 1619-1700

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English Protestant reformers aiming to purify the Church of England, believing only 'visible saints' should join. John Winthrop governed Mass Bay colony with this religion.

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Puritans

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Small group of Protestants who broke from the Church of England; after settling in Holland, 104 went to Plymouth Bay, MA in 1620, signing the Mayflower Compact.

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Separatists

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Founded in 1630, established by non-separating Puritans, it became the largest and most influential of the New England colonies.

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

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First modern constitution from Connecticut River Valley, influencing U.S. Constitution.

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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Assaults by Chief Metacom on English settlements in New England slowed westward migration for decades. Conflict escalated over English expansion.

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King Philip's War (1675-1676)

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Weak union of Massachusetts, Plymouth, and Connecticut led by Puritans for defense and self-government during English Civil War neglect.

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New England Confederation

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Administrative union by royal authority covering New England, New York, and Jersey, ruled by Sir Edmund Andros. Curbed assemblies, taxed without consent, enforced Navigation Laws. Its collapse post-Glorious Revolution showed colonial resistance to royal control.

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Dominion of New England

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Laws from 1651 regulating colonial shipping; only English ships could trade in English and colonial ports, and goods for colonies had to pass through England.

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Navigation Acts

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Unofficial policy of relaxed royal control over colonial trade and weak enforcement of Navigation Laws (Glorious Revolution to 1763)

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Salutary neglect

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Religious group known for tolerance and peace, settled in Pennsylvania in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Quakers