2. New England Colonies

3. Pilgrims
Landed in Plymouth Colony aboard Mayflower in 1620

4. Leader William Bradford
Pilgrims
Leader William Bradford

5. Mayflower Compact
They signed Mayflower Compact which set up how the colony was going to be run

7. Established Church-Church of England-head of Church was King
Pilgrims
Reasons they left
Established Church-Church of England-head of Church was King
If you did not follow you would be persecuted.

8. Pilgrims
Pilgrims were Separatists-wanting to separate from Church of England

9. Pilgrim Colony at Plymouth
Pilgrims returned to England from the Netherlands.
They won a charter to set up a colony in Va.

10. They landed in Plymouth aboard the Mayflower.
They spelled it Plimouth

11. Massachusetts Bay Colony
Founded by Puritans in 1630
Came because they wanted to purify/reform the Church of England.
They wanted to create “A city upon a Hill.”

12. My Vision of a City Upon a Hill
What is your vision?

13. John Winthrop was chosen as first Governor and elected 12 times
Do you think they liked him as Governor?

14. The Puritans were a religious group who had hoped to reform the Church of England
The King disapproved of Puritans and their ideas, canceled Puritan business charters, and had some Puritans jailed.

15. They believed that England had fallen on “evil and declining times.”
They wanted to build a new society based on biblical laws and teachings.

16. Only male church members could vote – elected representatives
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

17. Banish

18. Connecticut
Thomas Hooker

19. Can you guess why Connecticut is Mr. Rosenberg’s favorite state?

20. Connecticut
Thomas Hooker led 100 settlers to Hartford in 1636
He believed governor had too much power
He wanted strict limits on government

21. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Plan of Government
Gave vote to all men who were property owners (even non church members)
Limits the government’s power
Expands the idea of representative government

22. Rhode Island
Roger Williams

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

24. believed that Puritan Church had too much power,
Roger Williams
believed that Puritan Church had too much power,
church and state should be completely separate

25. Rhode Island
believed in religious tolerance
All white men had right to vote

26. Anne Hutchinson

27. Anne Hutchinson
Puritan who had discussion meetings after Minister’s sermons, questioning church’s teachings
She told the court that God spoke directly to her.

28. Anne Hutchinson
She was banished and ended up going to Rhode Island.

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

30. Tightly knit towns and villages dealt with local matters as community
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

31. LIFE IN N.E. COLONIES
Town meetings were held in the meetinghouse as well as school. Settlers discussed and voted on many issues.

32. Economy and Geography
Rocky soil…poor farming
American Indians taught colonists how to grow corn, pumpkins, squash, and beans

33. Settlers hunted wild turkey and deer
Settlers cut down trees and used them for shipbuilding
Settlers fished for cod, halibut, and whales

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

35. As settlers expanded outward, relationship with American Indians worsened
There were many fights against settlers: known as King Phillip’s War

36. After a year of fighting Metacom was captured
After a year of fighting Metacom was captured. 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.”