1. New England Colonies

2. Jamestown Settlement

3. Pilgrims Founded in 1620 Landed in Plymouth Colony aboard Mayflower
Signed Mayflower Compact
Came because they wanted to separate from Church of England. Also called Separatists

4. Leader William Bradford
Pilgrims
Leader William Bradford

5. Massachusetts Bay Colony
Founded by Puritans in 1630
Came because they wanted to reform the Church of England.
They wanted to what they called “A City Upon a Hill.”

6. John Winthrop was chosen as First Governor and elected 12 times

8. Puritans
Religious group who hoped to reform or change the Church of England
The king disapproved of Puritans and their ideas.
Persecuted them-canceled Puritan business charters, and had some Puritans jailed.
Puritans believed that England had fallen on “evil and declining times.”
They wanted to build a new society based on biblical laws and teachings.

9. Puritans
Only male church members could vote – elected representatives to assembly called the General Court
If you questioned how colony was being run, you could be banished

10. Connecticut Founded in 1636 Thomas Hooker led 100 settlers to Hartford
He believed governor had too much power
He wanted strict limits on government
Wrote plan of government called Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

12. Fundamental Orders of CT
Gave vote to all men who were property owners and Puritans
Limits the government’s power
Expands the idea of representative government

13. Rhode Island
Roger Williams

14. RHODE ISLAND Founded in 1636
Narragansett Indians sold land to Puritan Minister Roger Williams after he was banished from Massachusetts.

15. Roger Williams believed that Puritan Church had too much power,
All white men had right to vote
church and state should be completely separate
believed in religious tolerance

17. Anne Hutchinson

18. Anne Hutchinson
Puritan woman who had discussion meetings after Minister’s sermons, questioning church’s teachings
She told the court that God spoke directly to her.
Banished
Ended up going to Rhode Island.

19. New Hampshire
Founded in 1680
Settlers from MA spread out across New England
Trading and fishing villages founded

20. LIFE IN N.E. COLONIES
Tightly knit towns and villages dealt with local matters as community
Center of village was a common, an open field where cattle graze, and a meetinghouse
Town meetings were held in the meetinghouse as well as school. Settlers discussed and voted on many issues.

21. Economy and Geography
Rocky soil…poor farming…short growing season…long cold winters, mild summers.
American Indians taught colonists how to grow corn, pumpkins, squash, and beans
Settlers hunted wild turkey and deer
Settlers cut down trees and used them for shipbuilding
Settlers fished for cod, halibut, and whales

22. RELATIONS WITH AMERICAN INDIANS
Metacom, also known as King Phillip was Chief of Wampanoag tribe

23. There were many fights against settlers:known as King Philip’s War
As settlers expanded outward, relationship with American Indians worsened
There were many fights against settlers:known as King Philip’s War
After a year of fighting Metacom was killed. The English sold his family and 1,000 Native Americans into slavery in West Indies
“I am resolved not to see the day when I have no country.”