Unit 2- Pageant Ch. 3 Study Guide “Settling the Northern Colonies”

I. The Protestant Reformation A. Key figures

B. Beliefs 1. Good works vs. predestination 2. Signs of conversion, grace, membership in the “elect” 3. “Visible saints”

C. Henry VIII breaks with the Catholic Church -When? Why? -Church of England D. The English Reformation- Puritanism 1. When? Why? 2. Similarities and differences between Puritans and Pilgrims

II. Plymouth A. Settlement B. Relationship to the Virginia Company? C. Mayflower Compact -Was it a constitution? -Significance III. The Great English Migration, c. 1630-1642 (map, p.45) A. Compare numbers and destinations B. Why do we emphasize the importance of New England? IV. Massachusetts Bay A. Founding B. Demographics C. Sources of dissension D. Results of dissension 1. Rhode Island -similarities and differences from Massachusetts Bay V. New England Spreads Out A. Connecticut 1. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut -What was it? Was it a constitution? B. Maine C. New Hampshire VI. Puritans Versus Indians A. Pequot War B. King Philip’s War VII. Seeds of Colonial Unity A. New England Confederation 1. What was it?

2. Results? 3. Was this a step towards revolution? B. Dominion of New England 1. What? 2. Navigation Laws 3. Impact of the Glorious Revolution? C. Era of “salutary neglect” 1. What was it? 2. Why did it occur? VIII. New Netherland A. Holland’s involvement in the New World B. Henry Hudson C. New Amsterdam/New York 1. governance, economy, society D. England takes over New Netherlands 1. When? Why? 2. Significance for England 3. Continuation of Dutch influence IX. Pennsylvania A. Quakers 1. Official name 2. Why did they leave England? 3. William Penn -Why did he want a grant for a new colony? B. How did Pennsylvania attract settlers? C. Relations with Native Americans D. Governance E. Religious aspects F. What factors contributed to its rapid growth? X. New Jersey A. Describe its founding and evolution XI. Delaware A. Describe its founding and evolution XII. The Middle Colonies A. Common features B. What do the authors mean by: “The middle colonies were in many respects midway between New England and the southern plantation group?” (Not just geographically speaking!) C. How were the middle colonies in some ways, “the most American part of America?” (p.57) D. Benjamin Franklin

1. How did he represent America? (To quote another historian: Was he “The First American?”)

XIII. What features did all of the thirteen colonies share? Make a list.