1. THE GROWTH OF THE THIRTEEN COLONIES

2. Colonies Grow and Develop Differently
There are 13 colonies.
They are along the Atlantic coast.
They were divided into three groups
New England
Middle
Southern
The ways of life were different according to their geography & climate and reasons for migration.

3. Ways of Life Geography & Climate differed Government
Economies (ways people made money)
Religions

4. Reasons for coming to the USA
Some people didn’t like the Church of England. (religious)
They wanted the Church to be more pure. These people were called Puritans.
They were looking for land and trade (economic)
They were looking for the freedom to make their own lives.

5. Reasons for coming to the USA
Some people didn’t like the Church of England. (religious)
They wanted the Church to be more pure. These people were called Puritans.
They were looking for land and trade (economic)
They were looking for the freedom to make their own lives.

6. The Pilgrims Pilgrims-separatists- were persecuted for their beliefs
Came over on the Mayflower and established Plymouth Colony in order to practice religious freedom.
Got a charter to start a colony in VA, but wound up in Plymouth, Massachusetts (1620)
Mayflower Compact- promised:
1. consult each other about laws
2. to work together
3. remain loyal to England

7. The New England Colonies
Massachusetts (Maine)
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
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8. Climate Rocky soil poor for farming Subsistence farmers –
Harvest food from the seas (fishing, whaling)
Found food in the forests (hunted game, Maple syrup)

9. The New England Colonies
The Puritans and the Pilgrims united and formed the colony of Massachusetts
1629- Puritans received a charter to form the colony of Massachusetts Bay
John Winthrop was Massachusetts Bay’s first governor
The largest city was Boston on the Charles River.
Only stockholders in the Massachusetts Bay Company had the right to vote
New government made up of Puritan men

10. Puritan leaders believed in limited power of the people …
The colony of Connecticut was founded by Thomas Hooker. He believed that the Puritan leaders where becoming too powerful in Massachusetts.
IN 1639,Connecticut had the FIRST WRITTEN LAWS IN NORTH AMERICA
(Fundamental Orders of Connecticut)
Rhode Island was found by Roger Williams
The final colony was New Hampshire

11. Roger Williams 1644- Roger Williams founded Rhode Island
He believed you should tolerate other people’s beliefs in God. (religious toleration)
He left Massachusetts and started a colony in Providence, RI.
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12. Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson was a woman who believed you could go directly to God so you could pray to God without going through a priest.
Did Bible readings in her home and was put on trial for heresy.
She moved to Providence with Roger Williams and started the Rhode Island Colony.
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13. King Philips War New Hampshire
In 1662, Metacom, a son of chief Massasoit and known to the colonists as King Philip, became sachem.
The Wampanoags' dependence upon English manufactured goods led them into ever-increasing land sales, resulting in further resentment and tension.
In 1675, three tribal members were tried and executed by the English for the murder of a converted Wampanoag, touching off more than a year of hostilities.

14. The War Continued …
Beginning in June 1675, the Wampanoag, outfitted with rifles and armor, attacked a series of settlements and took the lives of dozens of colonial men, women and children.
English forces retaliated in kind by destroying native villages and slaughtering the inhabitants. Soon other tribes, including the Narragansett, joined the fray and the entire region fell into conflict.
Settlers prevailed but this was the start of a long turbulent relationship with the Native Americans.

15. New England Town Meetings
Meeting House – center of town, church and town meetings
Law required all citizens to attend church service on Sundays
Attended church all morning and afternoon (1 hour break for lunch)
Town meetings allowed citizens to discuss town matters, debate issues and practice freedom of speech.

16. Life in Colonial New England
Puritan Laws were very strict!
Schooling was very important to New Englanders.
They believed that children should be able to read so they can read the Bible.
Massachusetts past a law about public education in 1647.
The law said every town with 50 families or more must have a school. There were called grammar or writing schools.

17. Schools Boys went to grammar schools while girls went to dame school.
There was no chalkboards, maps, or paper.
School teachers were strict and were allowed to hit their students or make them wear a dunce hat.