antinomian religious dissenter brought to trial for heresy in Massachusetts Bay after arguing that she need not follow god's law or man's, and claiming direct revelation from God

1. anne hutchinson

antinomian religious dissenter brought to trial for heresy in Massachusetts Bay after arguing that she need not follow god's law or man's, and claiming direct revelation from God. Banished from the Puritan colony, Hutchinson moved to Rhode Island and later N.Y., where she and her family were killed by Indians

2. massasoit

wampanoag chieftain who signed a peace treaty with plymouth bay settlers in 1621 and helped celebrate the first Thanksgiving

3. metacom (king philip)

wampanoag chief who led a brutal campaign against Puritan settlements in New England between 1675 and 1676. though he was eventually captured and killed, his assault halted New England's westward expansion for several decades

4. william penn

prominent quaker activist who founded pennsylvania as a haven for fellow quakers in 1681. he established friendly relations with neighboring indian tribes and attracted a wide array of settlers to his colony with promises of economic opportunity, and ethnic and religious toleration.

5. peter stuyvesant

director general of dutch new nether land from 1845 until the colony fell to the british in 1664

6. roger williams

salem minister who advocated a complete break from the church of england and criticized the Massachusetts Bay colony for unlawfully taking land from the indians. banished for his heresies, he established a small community in present-day rhode island, later acquiring a charter for the colony from england

7. john winthrop

first governor of massachusetts bay colony. an able administrator and devout puritan, he helped ensure the prosperity of the newly-established colony and enforce puritan orthodoxy, taking a hard line against religious dissenters like anne hutchinson

8. antinomianism

belief that the elect need not obey the law of either God or man; most notably espoused in the colonies by Anne Hutchinson

9. blue laws

also known as sumptuary laws, they are designed to restrict personal behavior in accord with a strict code of morality. they were passed across the colonies, particularly in Puritan New England and Quaker Pennsylvania

10. calvinism

dominant theological credo of the new england puritans based on the teachings of john calvin. calvinists believed in predestination-that only "the elect" were destined for salvation