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The Mayflower Compact

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1 LEQ: What was the political, social and economic conditions of the Northern colonies?

2 The Mayflower Compact

3 Puritans Flee religious persecution in England
Want to purify Church of England

4 Puritans vs Pilgrims Puritans- Still a part of the Church of England
Pilgrims-Puritans who had separated from the Church of England.

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6 Plymouth Colony Granted land by the Virginia Company
Location: harbor south of Boston

7 “A City upon a hill” More Puritans will move to “New England”
Goal was to make $ and provide a refuge for Puritans

8 Great Migration 20,000 English men and women came to New England.

9 Let’s See It

10 Roger Williams vs. John Winthrop
Page 54 of your textbook, read Counterpoints Separation of Church and State Answer the “Analyzing Primary Sources” question.

11 Politics (early 1700s) Now under direct rule of the king
Relied on town government (town hall meetings)

12 Society- Public Schools
1640s Massachusetts passed laws to set up schools for boys and girls Establishment of Harvard and Yale in the 1700s

13 Society- Native American Relations
Pequot War- colonists and their Native allies attack Pequot Indians King Phillips War- Native Americans attack and destroy colonial towns (colonies fight back).

14 Economic- Farming Due to soil and weather, most were subsistence farmers

15 Economic- Natural Resources
Timber- a raw material sent to England

16 Economic- Natural Resources
Coastal towns will be centers for shipbuilding

17 Economic- Natural Resources
Fishing (esp. whales)

18 Economics- Trade

19 Now Let’s See it


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