Monday, October 24, 2005

New England

Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut.

1624: Dorchester Co. of Adventurers - Fishing - Cod
1629 Massachusetts Bay Co.
  • Shareholders governed colony locally

  • Government = General Court = Governor + 16-20 Magistrates

  • 116 new freedmen Consent of the governed

  • Franchise only Full members of The Church

1631 No taxation Without Representation
1634 Representative Government expanded
1634 Magistrate Veto
1638 Uniform written law
1638 Bicameral

Town Social Structure
  • Town square

  • Town meetings

  • Church
Community Farming

Dissension
Roger Williams
  • Separatist

  • Questions royal charter

  • Purity of the Church =

  • Separation of Church & State

  • Religious Tolerance

Ann Hutchinson
  • Antinomianism

  • Spirit vs. Word

  • Nominalism

posted by Jeffrey @ Monday, October 24, 2005

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