Chapter III: Setting the Northern Colonies

REVISED

  1. Historically, What's the different between a Christian and a Jew? How about between a Catholic and a Protestant? Between a Lutheran and a Calvinist? Between a Calvinist and a Puritan?
  2. Why and how did the English Reformation happen? What effects did the English reformation have upon the creation of the American colonies?
  3. What group of people first settled Plymouth? Why are they considered important to American history?
  4. Between Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, which colony was most prosperous?
  5. Compare and contrast the lives of Anne Hutchison and Roger Williams? Which one do you find more attractive historically? Why?
  6. According to the Puritan belief, how did you get to heaven? What kinds of side effects did this belief system create?
  7. Why did many people accept the New England confederation but detest the Dominion of New England?
  8. How was New York so different than Massachusetts in 1650? What happened in 1664, which helped make New York more similar?
  9. In What ways was colonial Pennsylvania similar to Rhode Island? In What Ways was it different?
  10. If you were a poor atheist immigrant in 1700, which colonies would be good ones for you to migrate to? Which ones would be bad? Why?
  11. What evidence existed for self- government in the British North American colonies?
  12. Identify:
    • William Penn
    • Peter Stuyvesant
    • New Sweden
    • Edmond Andros
    • Thomas Hooker
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