1. Puritan New England
Coach Martin

2. Big Idea
English Puritans come to North America, beginning in 1620.

3. Puritans Create a “New England”
Why did puritans come to Americas?
To create a new society call “City upon a hill”
Who are the Puritans?
Religious group who wanted to reform the Church of England; strongly rejected Roman Catholicism
Those who fled persecution in England and came to Americas became known as separatists or pilgrims

4. Massachusetts Bay Company
John Winthrop is Puritans colony 1st governor
1630 a joint-stock company established Massachusetts Bay Company

5. Puritans “New England”
Three Main Characteristics
1) “City Upon A Hill”
All adult males vote
Court chooses the governor
2) Church and State
Government officials are church members
Have to obey God’s will
3) Importance of Family
Community makes sure family members behave in “God-fearing” way

6. Dissent In the Puritan Community
Founding of Providence
Roger Williams
Minister who expressed 2 controversial opinions
1) Land should be bought from natives
2) Government should not force religion on people
Government orders his arrest but he flees
Founds his own providence
Promises separation of church and state

7. Dissent In the Puritan Community
Anne Hutchinson
Stated that worshippers did not need church or ministers to lead their lives
She is banished but is followed by her family and few others

8. Native Americans Resist Colonial Expansion
Disputes Over Land
Settlers begin to move farther into natives land
Natives believe this is a temporary treaty
Pequot War
Pequot decided to take a stand against colonists taking land
The colonists formed an alliance with the Narragansett
Results in the near elimination of the Pequot dead

9. King Philip’s War
Natives were striped of land and forced to obey Puritans laws
No hunting/fishing on Sabbath
Chief Metacom or King Philip to English organizes an attack on the English
Chief Metacom secretly planned these attacks for 13yrs
War lasts over a year and ends in an English victory
English places Chief Metacom head on Plymouth Rock to commemorate the victory