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A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.
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Henry VIII created the Church of England after having a dispute with the Pope
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John Calvin published "The Institutes of the Christian Religion" which was important for the Protestant reformation. It was written to aid those who desire to be instructed in the doctrine of salvation
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Henry VII dies leaving Edward VI to the throne. Edward was a friend to Reformation-minded Christians
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Mary was dedicated to bringing all of England back into the Roman Catholic Church and riding the country of Protestants (did this by executing protestants) hence the nickname bloddy mary
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During the reign of Henry VIII English translations of the Bible began to appear
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John's short treatise was a response to the crisis following the death of Edward VI. It illustrates the anguish Ponet suffered as he witnessed the collapse of the Protestant church. In this crisis, Ponet lost faith in man and put trust in God to send a minister to save the country from destruction
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The principal authority on the common law during the 17th century
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Elizabeth Was a favored queen. She gained back most puritans who had left the country before her reign
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"pope of the huguenots" wrote a religious writing called "Vindiciae contra Tyrannos", a defense of liberty against tyrants
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22 years before jamestown was founded the colony of roanoke was settled. Desperate for supplies, its leader left behind colonists but when he returned the colony was lost. The only observation was the word Croaton carved on a post
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The Tudors, a welsh-english family who made England richer, end their reign after Elizabeth, the virgin queen, dies
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A political theory that bestows all authority, both civil and religious, in the king and is justified by supposing that God has specifically appointed the king
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The first permanent english settlement in the colony of virginia. It was the capital of the colony for 83 years
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Charles becomes king at age 12. He reinstates Roman Catholic practices
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The people on the mayflower signed as a governing document once they anchored and before they got off the boat in massachusetts. It outlined laws of how they were going to survive once they got off the boat
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Sidney built principles of popular government from foundation of natural law and the social contract
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An english constitutional document that describes freedoms that the king of england was not able to infringe on his subjects
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A british philosopher, oxford academic and medical researcher, and economic writer
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in his will, a puritan named John harvard left his library of 400 books for establishing a seminary in the boston area
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The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was included. It was a document that described a government set up by towns in connecticut used to help formulate our constitution
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War between cavaliers (loyal to the king) and dissenters (felt mistreated by the king and the church of england). Sparked when Charles I began to impose his religious views throughout his kingdom
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the Divine Right theory states that kings have the authority to compel obedience and submission because they are God's direct representatives on earth
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Stated that the kind was subject to God's law of nature
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the Westminister confession, the central creed of English Calvinists known as puritans, affirmed a Christian's right to "wage war upon just and necessary occasions"
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King Charles was put on trial for being a traitor, murderer, and implacable enemy to the Commonwealth of England
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puritans established the major colonies in the new world. come here because of religious reasons, to escape the roman catholic and influence of english religion
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Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord protector
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King Charles II crowned king. this event was called the restoration
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When Charles II died, his brother James II took the throne
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James forced from throne. Mary, the daughter of James, was offered the throne
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The first reading primer designed for the american colonists. It was the most successful educational textbook that was the foundation for all schools
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A series of hearings to prosecute people accused of witchcraft
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fearing that their colony would lack educated clergy, virginians decided to establish a seminary on their own soil
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an alternative to harvard. discontented with harvard's rigid puritanism, 10 ministers founded Yale
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Harvard-trained boston politician. one of the earliest and loudest voices protesting the policies of King George III toward the American colonits
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4 volumes of treatise written by blackstone describing rights of people and things/ of private and public wrongs
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A religious revitalization movement that swept the Atlantic world and left a permanent impact on american religion
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Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration of independence
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when the religious revival known was the great awakening broke out in the mid 17th century, a fresh interest in religion blossomed in the middle colonies. as a result, more ministers were needed, and then a training ground was needed
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minister from boston who coined the phrase "no taxation w/o representation" said this in a sermon. some said his sermon was the first volley of the american revolution
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Tension grew between the colonists and england when england began to impose unfair taxes
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an act of violence that took place in boston involving a group of colonists and british military patrolling the streets
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when the colonists saw the king of england was not going to protect their interests, they decided to rebel
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organized by samuel adams and the sons of liberty, this event took place as colonists boarded a british cargo vessel in boston harbor and disposed of its tea by throwing it overboard
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A tract by jefferson before the Declaration of Independence in which he laid out a set of grievances against the king
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the first continental congress was a plea to parliament and resulted in a statement by the king that the colonists were in rebellion and members of congress were traitors
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one of the leaders of our movement for independence. one of the founding fathers, governor of virginia, remembered for "give me liberty or give me death" speech. made to the house of burgesses
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when the 13 states declared independence and war on england
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states began creating their own state constitutions
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also known as the philadelphia convention. addressed problems with governing of the US. the US had been operating under the articles of confederation. result was the US constitution
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the name of the 1st ten amendments to the US constitution