Colonial Regions: Random Facts You May Have Missed

New England Colonies Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire Major settlements Plymouth Colony (1620)-founded by Pilgrims Massachusetts Bay(1629)-founded by Puritans Plymouth merged with Massachusetts Bay in 1691

Mayflower Compact Pilgrims sail on the Mayflower 1620 Create Mayflower Compact 1st written framework for government

Puritans vs Pilgrims Anglicanism-> Official religion of England Puritans-> Want to “purify” Anglicanism, by changing it. Pilgrims-> Want to separate completely from Anglicanism.

New England Colonies: Important People John Winthrop Famous “City Upon a Hill” Speech 1st Governor of Massachusetts Bay Roger Williams Exiled from Massachusetts Bay Advocated religious freedom/tolerance Founds Rhode Island, becomes home for different religious groups John Winthrop Roger Williams Check out the stache

Early Representative Government in New England New England Town Hall Meetings First started 1633, still continue today

Middle Colonies New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware Most diverse: ethnically/religiously English took from the Dutch in 1660s

Middle Colonies Important People William Penn Quaker Advocated Religious freedom/democracy Received land from King and founded Pennsylvania

Southern Colonies Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia Major settlement Jamestown (1607) Hierarchical society Small group of landowners at the top Laborers and slaves at the bottom High mortality rate for workers Until the late 1600s, there were far more indentured servants than slaves.

Important People in the South George Calvert- aka “Lord Baltimore” Founder of Maryland Promoted religious freedom Leads to Maryland Act of Tolerance-forbids religious discrimination

Early Representative Government in South Virginia House of Burgess First met in Jamestown 1619 First democratically elected legislature in colonies Settlers deal with this government NOT the English Parliament or King.