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English in North America. Honors Western Civilization Mrs. Civitella. Paleo-Indians. 10,000 years ago the Ice Age ended, sea levels rose, and the land bridge was closed The people continued to migrate throughout North, Central, and South America
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English in North America Honors Western Civilization Mrs. Civitella
Paleo-Indians 10,000 years ago the Ice Age ended, sea levels rose, and the land bridge was closed The people continued to migrate throughout North, Central, and South America By 1492 it is estimated that 54 million people lived in the Americas with more than 2,000 languages with distinctly different cultures
The British victory in the Spanish Armada of 1588 marked the beginning of the end of Spanish dominance in colonizing the New World and issued in the era of British naval dominance in the North Atlantic. Britain was now united behind a popular queen and perched for exploration and settlement of the New World.
It was significant that the Charter for the Virginia Company to settle Jamestown guaranteed settlers the same rights of Englishmen in England. These rights were extended to all settlers of British colonies.
Captain John Smith “He who shall not work shall not eat.”
The House of Burgesses established By the London Company in 1619
Lord Baltimore founded Maryland as a safe haven for Catholics in 1634. The Maryland legislature passed the Act of Religious Toleration in 1649. Considered a forerunner to the concept of separation of church and state.
The Mayflower Compact is America’s first example of true self-government It is significant because the signers agreed to submit to the will of the majority
William Bradford was elected governor of Plymouth thirty times
Roger Williams wanted a complete break with the Church of England. • Did not believe that the government could regulate civil and political life. • Banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635 • Established the settlement of Providence in 1636 • The first Baptist Church in North America was set up by Williams in R.I. in 1635
Anne Hutchinson was found guilty by the General Court in 1637 and banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony
Anne Hutchinson was found guilty of heresy or antinomianism. Antinomian- a person who does not obey societal or religious law