PPT of 3.2 New England Colonies

When Jamestown was first

settled, where were the 13

Colonies?

How were TOWNS settled in

New England?

Write one paragraph that

begins with a topic sentence.

Use notes from yesterday.

SW learn about the Puritans and the New England Way.

PURITANS

English Puritansdreamed of religious freedomin America. But who were the Puritans? It is an intriguing and complicated story!

KING HENRY VIII

cut ties with the Catholic Church and started his own church, the Church of England (Anglican Church).

He wanted no other churches except for his.

17. Who were the DISSENTERS? (Mr. P)

DISSENTERS

• anyone who disagreed with the Church of England(England’s official church)

• Two groups:1. Separatists2. Puritans

Do we call them PILGRIMS yet????

No, not yet.

18. Who were the SEPARATISTS? (p. 76)

SEPARATISITS dissenters who wanted to separate completely from King James I and the Church of England (They thought it was too much like the Catholic Church.)

Do we call them PILGRIMS yet????

No, not yet.

19. Why did the Separatists flee to Holland…then to America? (p. 76, 2nd par.)

They were being persecuted (arrested, harassed, attacked) for their religious beliefs.

Holland was known for its tolerance.

20. Do we call them PILGRIMS yet? (p. 76)

Pilgrims were Puritans who decided that a total break with the Church of England was needed.

Since they traveled for religious freedom, they were called PILGRIMS.

21. What was the purpose of the MAYFLOWER COMPACT? (p. 77)

** They were NOT in Virginia. Where they were about to land, there were NO LAWS. “Before we go ashore, we must agree to….”

MAYFLOWER COMPACT

Men aboard the Mayflower signed an agreement

What do you think agreedto?

MAYFLOWER COMPACT

• to obey laws

• practice self-government

• use “majority rule”

Thinking Slide

Why is the Mayflower Compact important today?

Why does it still matter?

democracy

MAYFLOWER COMPACT

Before there was even an U.S. of A, it was the beginning of:

•self-government

•representative government

•democracy (the people)

22. Describe the early years at the Plymouth settlement (p. 77 middle)

23. Who were the PURITANS? (p. 78 top)

How did they dress? How do they look? Having fun?

www.tassiofamily.com/Puritans.jpg

PURITANSdissenters who wanted to purify (clean up) the Church of England. They were persecuted by King James I

PURITANS

1630, sailed across Atlantic and founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony (Boston)

What was the “New England

Way”?

Write one paragraph that

begins with a topic sentence.

Use notes from yesterday.

24. Why does your textbook call the migration of Puritans a GREAT MIGRATION? (p. 78)

GREAT MIGRATION

Between 1630 & 1640, over 20,000 Puritans left England to settle in New England.

25. Who is JOHN WINTHROP?

Famous Quote? (p. 78)

JOHN WINTHROP

Puritan governorof the Mass.Bay Colony.

Do you know the famous quote?? “We shall be…”

JOHN WINTHROP

“We shall be as a City upon a Hill, the eyes of the people are on us.”

26. What is a CONGREGATION? (p. 78 bottom)

CONGREGATION

A group of people who belong to the same church.

CONGREGATION

Each Puritan congregation set up its own town in New England. (Milford, CT)

How were towns settled in New England? board notes

First minister of Congregational Church 1652, civic leader & school teacher. His house and the first meeting house were near the “Ancient Country Road from Stamford to Fairfield.” What is this road today?

27. What was the “NEW ENGLAND WAY”? (p. 78 bottom)

NEW ENGLAND WAY

•Instructions on how to live as a good Puritan

•You learned this in church

NEW ENGLAND WAY

1) Hard Work

NEW ENGLAND WAY

2) Godliness

(act as God wants you to act)

NEW ENGLAND WAY

3) Education

(ex. be able to read Bible)

“New England Town Meetings”4) Representative Government

democracy

28a. Which colony did THOMAS HOOKER found? (p. 79 middle)

REVEREND THOMAS HOOKER

1636, left the Mass. Bay Colony and founded the Hartford Colony (later became Colony of Connecticut)

FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT

First written plan for government (constitution) in the Colonies.

Signing of Fundamental Orders of Conn.

FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT

•Extended voting rights

•Expanded idea of representative government

Democracydemocracy

29. Who was Roger Williams? (p. 79)

REVEREND ROGER WILLIAMS

-Puritan minister in Salem

- disagrees with other Puritans

- Founded 1st Baptist church

30. Who was Anne Hutchinson? (p. 79 bottom)

ANNE HUTCHINSON

- Also a Mass. Puritan

- Preached in house, criticizing church authority

- Believed you don’t need church, preacher, or bible to worship God

Preaching in Her House

ANNE HUTCHINSON

- Put in trial and banished

- Fled to Rhode Island

On Trial… “Guilty as Charged!”

Did the peace between Indians and Puritans remain?

31a. What was King Philip’s War? (p. 80)

Wait a minute… Who was King Philip??

KING PHILIP’S WAR 1675-76

- Puritans in NE wanted Indian’s land and wanted them OUT of NE

- Metacom*, Wampanoagleader known as “King Philip”, unites tribes to fight against colonists

- Brutal war breaks out* Son of Massasoit, Pilgrims’ friend

Paul Revere engraving

Green – Indian Territory in Early 1600s in New England

Gen. Geoffe at Hadley Mountain

Attack on Brookfield, & Deerfield, Mass. 1675. “Old Deerfield” burned to ground

and abandoned 1675, later rebuilt as Deerfield.

Great Swamp Massacre -- Dec. 1675

Colonial militias attack Narragansett fort in RI and burn it to the ground, burning/killing 300 Indians inside, including women children. Some escaped to the frozen Great Swamp, where 300 more Indians died from wounds. Severe blow to Naragansetts.

OUTCOMES

-Killed: 3,000 Indians, 600 colonists

- 500 Indians enslaved (sold into slavery in Caribbean)

- Indians attacked 45 villages

- Metacom (“King Philip”) is killed

- Colonists take even more Indian land!! Indians are WEAKENED.

SALEM WITCH TRIALS

In the painting that follows, what emotions do you feel in the courtroom?

SALEM WITCH TRIALS

The Trial of George Jacobs (painted 1855) As Jacobs defends himself, young women, including his granddaughter, scream out saying he bewitched them. He was convicted and executed.

SALEM WITCH TRIALS OUTCOMES

- Over 100 arrested and tried

- 20 found guilty and put to death

- 19 were hanged and 1 was pressed to death with heavy stones

-Salem WT are important because it led to…. (think of rights of the accused)