AP CH 4 Flashcards for Review

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New England Puritans' belief about church and government

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They believed both should enforce godly behavior according to biblical rules.

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Outcome of Williams' dissenting ideas

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Williams was banished and founded the colony of Rhode Island, promoting 'Liberty of Conscience.'

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Puritanism's encouragement to believers

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Puritanism encouraged believers to search for evidence of God's grace and adhere to God's law.

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Religious and ethnic diversity in the seventeenth century

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New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania featured greater diversity than New England.

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Impact of English monarchy by the end of the seventeenth century

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The monarchy exerted greater control over North America and the Atlantic empire.

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Puritan Origins: The English Reformation

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The Puritans who founded New England traced their roots to the Protestant Reformation, which began in Germany in 1517. The Reformation spread quickly, but the English church initially remained within the Catholic fold. King Henry VIII initiated the English Reformation, breaking with Rome and taking control of the church in England.

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Act of Supremacy

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Passed by Parliament under Henry VIII, the Act of Supremacy outlawed the Catholic Church and proclaimed the king as the supreme head of the Church of England.

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Puritanism in the 16th Century

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Puritanism was less organized and more a set of ideas and religious principles appealing to many in the Church of England. Puritans sought to purify the Church by eliminating Catholic practices.

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James I and the Bible

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James I authorized a new Protestant translation of the Bible but was unsympathetic to Puritan reformers.

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Puritan Beliefs

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Puritans emphasized an individual's relationship with God through Bible study, prayer, and introspection. They aimed to make the English church thoroughly Protestant.