1. New England & Middle Colonies Chapter 3

2. Puritans’ Religion ▪ The Puritans kept the religious freedom they had gained to themselves. ▪ They set up a government that required everyone in the colony to worship in the same way.

3. Roger Williams ▪ When a young preacher named Roger Williams began preaching different ideas, the Puritans put him on trial. ▪ Williams believed that all people should be able to worship in any way they chose. ▪ He declared, “ Forced worship stinks in God’s nostrils.”

4. Providence ▪ The Puritans ordered Williams to be sent back to England, but he fled south in 1636. ▪ Williams bought land from Indians for a settlement he called Providence, which means “ the guidance & care of God.” ▪ Here, he welcomed people with different religious beliefs.

5. Rhode Island (New England) ▪ 2 years later, Anne Hutchinson was also forced to leave Massachusetts for preaching against the Puritans. ▪ She & her family followed Roger Williams & established Portsmouth. ▪ In 1647, these & other settlements became the colony of Rhode Island.

6. Slave Trade ▪ Sea merchants soon discovered the riches that could be made in the slave trade. ▪ Rhode Island became one of the largest slave-trading centers in the world. ▪ Puritans were so disgusted by these activities that they began calling Rhode Island “ the sewer of New England.”

7. Connecticut (New England) ▪ Thomas Hooker was a Puritan minister who established the colony of Connecticut in 1639. ▪ He drew up the 1 st written plan of government for any of the colonies, which was called the Fundamental Orders.

8. New York (Middle Colony) ▪ New York was originally settled by merchants from the Netherlands in 1624; they had named the colony New Netherland. ▪ In 1664, the English took control of the colony & renamed it New York in honor of its owner, James, the Duke of York.

9. Pennsylvania (Middle Colony) ▪ William Penn was a member of the Quakers, who refused to bow to the English king, fight in wars, or pay taxes to the Church of England. ▪ In 1668, King Charles II threw Penn in jail to stop him from preaching the Quakers’ ideas. ▪ As a result, Penn wanted to establish a colony in America where Quakers would have religious freedom.

10. Pennsylvania (Middle Colony) ▪ In 1681, King Charles II granted Penn a huge area of land, which he named Pennsylvania. ▪ Penn named his capital city Philadelphia (Greek for “ City of Brotherly Love ”). ▪ There, he wrote great documents that made Pennsylvania the 1 st democracy in America.

11. Act A Mile A Minute ▪ Rhode Island ▪ Slave Trade ▪ Merchant

12. Act A Mile A Minute ▪ Quakers ▪ Philadelphia ▪ Religious Freedom

13. Talk A Mile A Minute ▪ Roger Williams ▪ Pennsylvania ▪ Puritans

14. Talk A Mile A Minute ▪ William Penn ▪ Providence ▪ New Netherland