HIST 1376 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Savannah, Georgia, The Servants, Bubonic Plague
12 Sep 2017
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Primogeniture: stated in law the eldest male would inherit the entire estate. Head right: gave 50 acres to any immigrant that would go on their own accord to virginia. Anglican church: the established church of england. Why people came: land, religion, money, patriotism. Plymouth plantation: separatists/pilgrims, may ower compact, leyden 1607, survived too well, children were becoming more dutch than english, gov. William bradford: 41 pilgrims made a pact of rules for the plantation, massachusetts bay company. Only church members counted as freemen in local government puritans: gov. His goal was to build a city upon a hill an example of the puritan godly way of life in order to regenerate the anglicans from england: city upon a hill , roger williams. Puritan pastor who believed church and state must be 100% completely separated. No human being could be as pure as god. Rhode island + connecticut (1636; charter 1663: anne hutchinson.
