1. The New England Colonies
Chapter 3, Lesson 2
Essential Question: How did geography, religion, and government affect how people lived in the English colonies?

2. The NE Colonies Massachusetts Bay Colony Plymouth Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Hampshire

3. Home Learning: Define Vocabulary, Chapter 3, Lesson 2 If you fail to complete the index cards you will get 10 points off your Ch.3.2 Quiz.
dissent
persecute
Tolerance
Puritans (in in the reading)
Separatists (find in the reading)

4. Seeking Religious Freedom in America
England was a __________ country since ____. Its church was called _____________.
Wanted to reform the Anglican Church.
Wanted to break away from the Anglican Church and form their own churches.
___________________
___________________

5. The Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony (Cape Cod, Massachusetts)
Next wave of colonies were founded for religious freedom
Protestant Reformation—not everyone in England wanted to be Protestant, some people dissented (disagree with a belief).
Pilgrims were Protestant, but they wanted to separate from the Church of England (Anglican Church)—separatists
Pilgrims were persecuted because of their beliefs in England—so many left England for America.

6. Pilgrims Seek Religious Freedom
They got permission to establish their own colony in Virginia.
September 1620 – Over 100 men, women, and children board the Mayflower and head to North America.
They land on the shore of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

7. Where is Plymouth, Mass.?

8. The Pilgrims set up an agreement called the Mayflower Compact.
In it, they agreed to ask each other about the laws they would create and enforce, and they promised to work together.
First democratic document ever written in the USA.
The Mayflower Compact

9. DBQs: The Mayflower Compact
Read the abridged version of the Mayflower Compact
Answer each question accordingly

10. The First Thanksgiving

11. Classwork: New England Colonies
Part III: As a Group
2 STUDENTS:
Put the map together
Color the four New England Colonies
Identify the Plymouth colony (label it)
Write down the main towns on the map.
2-3 STUDENTS:
Create a Map Key with the following information:
Main Town
Religious Groups (Identify two religious groups today)
_________
Economy
MAKE A SYMBOL FOR ALL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES (TOTAL of 10 Symbols)
**Also make “small pieces” of the economic symbols to be glued on map.
Part I: Independently (Small Map)
Complete the Worksheet Map on Your Own
Part II: As a Group (New England Colonies Chart)
Assign a Colony to Each Group Member
Fill in all categories on the Chart

12. Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630)
Founded by Puritans who traveled to America to put their religious beliefs into practice.
Puritans—wanted to “reform” Anglican Church (Protestant).
Leader was John Winthrop.
Settled in Boston.
Representative Government: Town Meeting
Puritans were not tolerant of people who did not follow their strict Puritan beliefs.
This lack of tolerance led people to form new colonies.

13. Connecticut (1636) Founded by a minister Thomas Hooker.
He did not like the intolerance of the Puritans and formed a colony
Settled in the Connecticut River Valley, formed town of Hartford.
Democratic Government
Town Meeting
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut—the USA’s first written constitution!

14. Rhode Island (1644)
Forced out of Massachusetts, Roger Williams (minister) felt that government should not force people to worship a certain way—founded Rhode Island.
The colony known for religious tolerance.
Main town is Providence
Town Meeting (government)

15. In the mid-1600s, John Winthrop’s words condemned Anne Hutchinson.
“She was a woman of haughty and fierce carriage, a nimble wit and active spirit, a very voluble tongue, more bold than a man.”—by John Winthrop (Massachusetts Bay Colony)

16. New Hampshire (1638)
John Wheelwright led a group of dissenters founded New Hampshire
They were also escaping religious persecution in Massachusetts.
Main town will be Exeter.
Representative Government

17. Native Americans: Help & Conflict
Native Americans help settlers, but conflict arose.
Problems over land
King’s Phillip War
First war between Natives and settlers, lasts 14 months
It destroyed Native American power in New England, as the colonists won.
Colonial settlement expanded

18. Activity: Relationship between Native Americans and Colonists
Use the Diagram to describe examples of cooperation and conflict between Native Americans and English colonists (pg )

19. Review Questions
Answer the following in complete sentences: Chapter 3, Lesson 2. (pg ) 1. Why did conflict begin to develop between the Native Americans and the English colonists? 2. How long did King Philip's War last? 3. What was the outcome (win/lose) of King Phillip’s War? 4. What was the larger result (consequence) of the King Phillip's War?