1. PURITANS AND MASSACHUSETTS BAY PAGES 94-97

2. PURITANS  Puritans, a religious group, left England between 1630-1640  Escaping bad treatment from King James I  Wanted to purify and reform their practices

3. THE GREAT MIGRATION  The puritans leaving England is known as the “Great Migration”  Why do you think it was called “the great” migration…..?  Thousands of puritans left their homeland to find new settlements  20,000 crossed the Atlantic to New England  Many puritan merchants invested in the Massachusetts bay company

4. TRAVELING THE DISTANCE  1629- the Massachusetts bay company received a royal charter to land in New England  1630- 11 well supplied ships carried 1,000 passengers  Well prepared, did not suffer through starving time

5. MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY  John Winthrop was the colonies Puritan Governor  Basic unit of commonwealth of the colony was congregation (group of people who belong to the same church)  Congregations set up their own towns – meeting house was most important building in town (town meetings, self-government, laws)  Only male church members could vote or hold office

6. MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY  General Court- lawmaking body which people where elected to  By law everyone had to attend church services- sermon was most important part  “New England Way” –term by puritan to describe beliefs and society

7.  Emphasized duty, godliness, hard work, and honesty  Dancing and games lead to laziness  Work ethic contributed to rapid success and growth of colonies  Law required all children to read ( education, bible)

8. NEW COLONIES  1636-Thomas Hooker moved congregation to Connecticut Valley  Wrote and adopted the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut ( a constitution) in 1639  Gave voting rights to non-church members & limited power of the government  Exeter- first European settlement in New Hampshire  John Wheelwright established the town in 1638  Exeter compact – based on mayflower compact

9. CHALLENGES TO PURITAN LEADERS  Roger Williams ( ministers in Salem, Mass.) opposed forced attendance to church  Opposed taking native American land by force  Williams was forced to leave the colony by General Court  Williams founded colony of Rhode Island  Religious freedom and separation of church and state

10. CHALLENGES TO PURITAN LEADERS  Anne Hutchinson –believed people could worship god without the church, minister, or bible.  Conducted discussions in her home that challenged church  Brought to trial and forced to leave Massachusetts  1638- fled to Rhode Island

11. QUAKERS  Quakers were another religious group  “tremble at the lord”  Believed each person could know god through “inner light”  Minister nor bible were needed  Treated native Americans fairly  Were whipped, imprisoned, and hung for their beliefs

12. KING PHILIP’S WAR  1675-1676 Puritan colonies fought a brutal war with Native Americans – Land: Native (shared) English (individually owned)  King Philip was the English version of the name Metacom who was the leader of the Wampanoag (Native Americans)  The Wampanoag lost the war – many were killed and sold into slavery  Those who remained lost land and forced to become laborers  As a result the English expanded even farther into Native American land