Katie Reinarman

 Henry VIII broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and created the Anglican Church  Some did not agree with this new church and still considered the pope to be the head of their religion As a result, many were prosecuted

 Puritans- wanted to reform the church from within (purify)  Separatists- wanted to leave England and set up their own churches These people fled to the Netherlands to practice freely but were dissatisfied by raising their children there

 Separatists who fled to the Netherlands made an agreement with the Virginia Co.  In 1620, they set out for American led by William Bradford  The separatists began calling themselves Pilgrims because the were making their journey for religious reasons

 The Pilgrims landed their ship in Cape Cod, rather than Virginia as planned  Decided to settle there, but because they would no longer have the laws created by the Virginia Co., they made their own  Mayflower Compact- pledged their loyalty to England and outlined their intention to create a colony focused on a better religious life

 During the first winter, half of the pilgrims died from malnutrition, disease and cold  Two Native Americans names Squanto and Samoset befriended the colonists and showed them how to grow crops, fish and hunt  They also helped them make peace with the Wampanoag people that lived in the area

 Puritans were still unhappy living under persecution in England and decided to leave  Formed Massachusetts Bay Co.  John Winthrop led 900 people to settle in Boston Throughout the 1630s over puritans migrated to Boston  1634-settlers demanded a role in gov. and created an elected assembly called the General Court

 Some settlers broke away from Boston  John Hooker led a congregation south and settled in Hartford, CT  Fundamental Orders of Connecticut- constitution outlining the representative government

 Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts because of his radical beliefs to respect religious differences and pay the Native Americans for their land  He took refuge with Narraganset People and eventually purchased land from them, which later became the colony of Rhode Island  A policy was created to rule the colony that stressed religious toleration for all