Chapter 3
"Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700"

Study Guide

 

1.  Explain the Puritans and their beliefs and explain why they left England for the New World.

2.  Explain the basic governmental and religious practices of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

3.  Explain how conflict with religious dissenters, among other forces, led to the expansion
     of New England.

4.Explain the various attempts to create greater unity and tighter political control of

    England's northern colonies and explain why these attempts failed.

5.Explain why New York, Pennsylvania, and the other middle colonies became to
   ethnically, religiously, and politically diverse.

6.Describe the central features of the middle colonies and explain how they differed from
    New England. 

Identify:

Puritans

Separatists

Mayflower Compact

Antinomianism

Wampanoags

Glorious Revolution

New Sweden

Test oaths

Identity: Martin Luther, John Calvin, Pilgrims, Massachusetts Bay, John Winthrop, Massasoit,
General Court, Congregational Church, Quakers, Anne Hutchinson, Roger Williams, King Philip,
Peter Stuyvesant, William Penn