2. Catholic Church (separate) (purify) Persecuted by English government
Church of England
Other Protestants
Puritans
Separatists
(separate)
(purify)
The Pilgrims
(gobble, gobble!)
Persecuted
by English
government

3. Separatists (Pilgrims) flee to Holland
Chapter 3.2 New England Colonies
Effects
Cause
Effect/Cause
Separatists (Pilgrims) flee to Holland
Separatists want to leave the Church of England
King James persecutes the Separatists 1.
Pilgrims immigrate to America
* Establish a “Religious Utopia”
& freedom from persecution

4. Pilgrims land in area beyond Virginia Company’s Charter Adult males
Cause
Effects
Pilgrims land in area beyond Virginia Company’s Charter
Adult males
Sign
“Mayflower Compact”
(agreement) 2.
* Establish self-govt & majority rule
Squanto teaches Pilgrims to grove native crops 3.
Pilgrims survive first year & celebrate first Thanksgiving
* Become self-sufficient; colony is
“sustainable” (on-going)
* “Great Migration”; society based values on:
religion, hard-work, education, representative
govt;
(The New England Way)
* Church & communities are organized into
“congregations”
Puritans are persecuted in England
Massachusetts Bay Company is formed & receives charter to settle New England 4.

5. Puritans are persecuted in England
Cause
Effects
Puritan Democratic Traditions
Puritans are persecuted in England
Massachusetts Bay Company is formed & receives charter to settle New England 4.
Churches were self-governing
* “Town Hall Meetings”

6. Roger Williams banished & founds Rhode Island * Religious freedom
Chapter 3.2 New England Colonies
Effect
Roger Williams banished &
founds Rhode Island 5.
* Religious freedom
* Separation of church & state
Cause
* Establishes first Baptist church
in America
Puritans are intolerant
of other religious views
Puritan dissenters form New Hampshire &
Connecticut colonies
* “Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut extend voting
rights to non-church members 6.
Quakers are whipped, banished, & executed
* They are pacifists, & tolerant
* Believe that the word of god could
be understood through an “inner faith”
* No ministers required

7. As you view “America: The Story of US” (The Pilgrims), look
for information that will help answer the following questions:
Why did the Pilgrims settle in America?
What hardships did they face?
How did the natives help the Pilgrims?
How did the Pilgrims celebrate their peace with the natives
& their harvest?
(~10 min) 8:36 – 18:50