1. Early American Colonies
SOL USI.5a: The student will demonstrate knowledge of the factors that shaped Colonial America by: a) describing the religious and economic events and conditions that led to the colonization of America.

2. Plymouth
Colony was settled by separatists from the Church of England who wanted to avoid RELIGIOUS persecution.
Plymouth was settled by the Pilgrims

3. The First Thanksgiving
Plymouth
The Mayflower
The First Thanksgiving

4. Massachusetts Bay Colony - 1629
Settled by the PURITANS
Wanted to avoid religious persecution
Wanted to REFORM, or purify, the Church of England. They did not want to totally separate from it.

5. Church of England Church Puritan Church

6. Pennsylvania - 1670 Settled by the QUAKERS
Wanted to have freedom to practice their faith without interference

7. Pennsylvania
Settled by William Penn (“The Quaker Oats Man”)