Puritan New England British Colonies in America

Create a Charter Activity 1. Why are you leaving England? What is the goal of the colony? 2. Who will be the leader(s) of your colony? 3. What powers will your leaders have to maintain law and order? 4. How will leadership transition in your colony? 5. How will the colony survive? 6. What will your relationship with the Native Americans be like?

Essential Questions Why did the Puritans leave England? What was the primary goal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony? Who were the colonial leaders and were they successful? What conflicts arose between the colonists and the Native Americans?

Puritans come to New England Left England because they disagreed with the Anglican Church Wanted to create a Utopia ◦“City Upon a Hill” idea of utopia Led by John Winthrop Were extremely religious

Excerpt from John Winthrop Now the only way to avoid this shipwreck, and to provide for our posterity, is to follow the counsel of Micah, to do justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly with our God. For this end, we must be knit together, in this work, as one man. We must entertain each other in brotherly affection. We must be willing to abridge ourselves of our superfluities, for the supply of others’ necessities. We must uphold a familiar commerce together in all meekness, gentleness, patience and liberality. We must delight in each other; make others’ conditions our own; rejoice together, mourn together, labor and suffer together, always having before our eyes our commission and community in the work, as members of the same body. So shall we keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. The Lord will be our God, and delight to dwell among us, as His own people, and will command a blessing upon us in all our ways, so that we shall see much more of His wisdom, power, goodness and truth, than formerly we have been acquainted with. We shall find that the God of Israel is among us, when ten of us shall be able to resist a thousand of our enemies; when He shall make us a praise and glory that men shall say of succeeding plantations, "may the Lord make it like that of New England." For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a by- word through the world. We shall open the mouths of enemies to speak evil of the ways of God, and all professors for God's sake. We shall shame the faces of many of God's worthy servants, and cause their prayers to be turned into curses upon us till we be consumed out of the good land whither we are going.

Pilgrims and Religious Freedom Pilgrims were separatists who disagreed with the Church of England (the Anglican Church) ◦They did not think the King of England should be the head of the Church When James I made non-Anglican religions illegal many were arrested A large group moved to Holland to practice their religion After 9 years, they left Holland for North America to start a colony Were going to settle in Virginia but landed in New England and decided to stay

Mayflower Compact Written by Pilgrim Leaders in 1620 Was written on the Mayflower in response to disagreements between the Pilgrims after the decision to stay in New England Was the first written government in North America Set up democratic self-rule for the colonists

Mayflower Compact

The Massachusetts Bay Colony The first colonial settlement was Plymouth Plantation The colony grew as more settlers came from England The colony was strictly Puritan

Dissent in Mass Bay Colony Some people disagreed with the extreme religious views of the Mass Bay leaders Roger Williams: a Puritan preacher in Massachusetts who disagreed with the leaders of the colony ◦He fled MA when he was about to be deported back to England, bought land from the Native Americans, and settled Providence, RI Ann Hutchinson: a women in MA who believed that everyone could read and interpret the bible. ◦Held bible readings in her house ◦Was banished from MBC and ended up in New Netherlands (which became New York)

Conflicts with the Native Americans Pequot War: A war between the Pequot Tribe and the New England colonies ◦The New England Colonists were at first aided by the Narragansett Tribe against the Pequot's ◦The fighting became so terrible that the Narragansett Native Americans said they would not do that to another tribe, even their enemies ◦The Colonists won the war and the Pequot's were pushed off their land

Conflicts with the Native Americans King Phillips War: A war between the colonists and the Wampanoag Tribe Metacom: The chief of the Wampanoags “King Phillip”: The nickname the colonists called Metacom In just over a year, over 12 towns were completely destroyed by Native Americans and 600 colonists were killed Over 3,000 Native Americans were killed It ended when Metacom died and there were not enough Native Americans left alive to put up a fight After this war, Native Americans were never again able to fight for land in New England

Essential Questions Why did the Puritans leave England? What was the primary goal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony? Who were the colonial leaders and were they successful? What conflicts arose between the colonists and the Native Americans?