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Term | Definition |
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Charter Colony | colonists usually members of a corporation. Electors controlled government based on charter |
Royal Colony | colony with governor selected by the king. |
Proprietary Colony | owned by individuals with responsibility to king. proprietor selected governor |
Puritans | want to purify church of England from within. had Calvinist beliefs |
Separatists | break away from Church of England. Went to Netherlands first and left fearing assimilation. Signed Mayflower Compact, first agreement for gov't in US. led by William Bradford |
Massachusetts Bay Company | organized company lead by John Winthrop. "city upon a hill"; Puritans |
Half-Way Covenant | grandchildren of those without spiritual conversion to participate in church affairs |
First Great Awakening | George Whitfield and Jonathan Edwards preachers |
Northwest Ordinance (1787) | states feared that others with western land claims could become too large and skew representation. Required states to give up claims to federal gov't. set up how states could join the Union |
Jay's Treaty | prevented conflict between US and Britain. evacuation of british forces out of forts |
Rush-Bagot Treaty | stop maintaining armed fleets on Great Lakes |
Convention of 1818 | joint occupation of Oregon at 49th Parallel between US and British in Canada |
Second Great Awakening | in "Burned Over District" of northern New York. different denominations |