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english protestant reformers who sought to purify the church of england of catholic rituals and creeds

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  1. english protestant reformers who sought to purify the church of england of catholic rituals and creeds. some of the most devout puritans believed that only "visible saints" should be admitted to church membership
  2. unofficial policy of relaxed royal control over colonial trade and only weak enforcement of navigation laws. lasted from the glorious revolution to the end of the french and indian war
  3. small group of puritans who sought to break away entirely from the church of england; after initially settling in Holland, a number of english separatists made their way to plymouth bay, massachusetts in 1620
  4. uprising of virginia backcountry farmers and indentured servants led by nathaniel bacon; initially a response to governor william berkeley's refusal to protect backcountry settlers from indian attacks, the rebellion eventually grew into a broader conflict between impoverished settlers and the planter elite
  5. self-governing puritan congregations without the hierarchical establishment of the anglican church
  6. agreement allowing unconverted offspring of church members to baptize their children. it signified a waning of religious zeal among second and third generation puritans
  7. employed in the tobacco colonies to encourage the importation of indentured servants, the system allowed an individual to acquire fifty acres of land if he paid for a laborer's passage to the colony
  8. migrants who, in exchange for transatlantic passage, bound themselves to a colonial employer for a term of service, typically between four and seven years. their migration addressed the chronic labor shortage in the colonies and facilitated settlement
  9. armed conflict between aspiring merchants led by Jacob Leisler and the ruling elite of N.Y.
  10. uprising of approximately two dozen slaves that resulted in the deaths of 9 whites and the brutal execution of 21 participating blacks

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  1. puritans

english protestant reformers who sought to purify the church of england of catholic rituals and creeds. some of the most devout puritans believed that only "visible saints" should be admitted to church membership

  1. salutary neglect

unofficial policy of relaxed royal control over colonial trade and only weak enforcement of navigation laws. lasted from the glorious revolution to the end of the french and indian war

  1. separatists

small group of puritans who sought to break away entirely from the church of england; after initially settling in Holland, a number of english separatists made their way to plymouth bay, massachusetts in 1620

  1. bacon's rebellion

uprising of virginia backcountry farmers and indentured servants led by nathaniel bacon; initially a response to governor william berkeley's refusal to protect backcountry settlers from indian attacks, the rebellion eventually grew into a broader conflict between impoverished settlers and the planter elite

  1. congregational church

self-governing puritan congregations without the hierarchical establishment of the anglican church

  1. half-way covenant

agreement allowing unconverted offspring of church members to baptize their children. it signified a waning of religious zeal among second and third generation puritans

  1. headright system

employed in the tobacco colonies to encourage the importation of indentured servants, the system allowed an individual to acquire fifty acres of land if he paid for a laborer's passage to the colony

  1. indentured servants

migrants who, in exchange for transatlantic passage, bound themselves to a colonial employer for a term of service, typically between four and seven years. their migration addressed the chronic labor shortage in the colonies and facilitated settlement

  1. leisler's rebellion

armed conflict between aspiring merchants led by Jacob Leisler and the ruling elite of N.Y.

  1. new york slave revolt

uprising of approximately two dozen slaves that resulted in the deaths of 9 whites and the brutal execution of 21 participating blacks