1. Massachusetts Bay Colony
EQ: What was the main motive behind the establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

2. Key Vocabulary
_______________: a person who desired to change and “purify” the Church of England.
_______________: The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
_______________: the migration of English Puritans to America.

3. Massachusetts Bay Settled
1628 – a group of Puritans formed the joint stock company called the _____________
________________________
New England Company later changed its name to _____________________________
1630 – _______________________
Within a years time more than ____________ Puritans came to Massachusetts

4. John Winthrop Leads the Colony
Puritans hoped to build a model community to show how much better the world would be if people lived by Puritan beliefs
_________________________________
Puritans were well-equipped and knew what they were doing

5. Settlements Spread
Between 1630 – 1643 more than 20,000 people went to Massachusetts
Established Massachusetts towns of _____________________________
In 1691 the _________________ and the settlements in ____________________ united to form one large colony, which was called ____________________________

6. False Modern Views on Puritans
“Puritan” has come to mean ___________
________________________
A religious snob
_____________________
Salvation by faith plus works

7. Puritan Beliefs
The Bible is the true law of God that provided guidelines for church government, and life
Emphasized the preaching of the ___________
Emphasized ____________________________
____________________________________________
Stressed ______________________________
____________________________________
Emphasized teaching their children __________