New England & Middle Colonies

Chapter 3

Puritans’ Religion▪The Puritans kept the religious freedom they had gained to themselves.

▪They set up a government that required everyone in the colony to worship in the same way.

Roger Williams▪When a young preacher named Roger Williams began preaching different ideas, the Puritans put him on trial.

▪Williams believed that all people should be able to worship in any way they chose.

▪He declared, “Forced worship stinks in God’s nostrils.”

Providence▪ The Puritans ordered Williams to be sent back to England, but he fled south in 1636.

▪Williams bought land from Indians for a settlement he called Providence, which means “the guidance & care of God.”

▪Here, he welcomed people with different religious beliefs.

Rhode Island (New England)▪ 2 years later, Anne Hutchinson was also forced to leave Massachusetts for preaching against the Puritans.

▪ She & her family followed Roger Williams & established Portsmouth.

▪ In 1647, these & other settlements became the colony of Rhode Island.

Slave Trade▪ Sea merchants soon discovered the riches that could be made in the slave trade.

▪ Rhode Island became one of the largest slave-trading centers in the world.

▪ Puritans were so disgusted by these activities that they began calling Rhode Island “the sewer of New England.”

Connecticut (New England)▪ Thomas Hooker was a Puritan minister who established the colony of Connecticut in 1639.

▪He drew up the 1st written plan of government for any of the colonies, which was called the Fundamental Orders.

New York (Middle Colony)▪New York was originally settled by merchants from the Netherlands in 1624; they had named the colony New Netherland.

▪ In 1664, the English took control of the colony & renamed it New York in honor of its owner, James, the Duke of York.

Pennsylvania (Middle Colony)▪William Penn was a member of the Quakers, who refused to bow to the English king, fight in wars, or pay taxes to the Church of England.

▪ In 1668, King Charles II threw Penn in jail to stop him from preaching the Quakers’ ideas.

▪ As a result, Penn wanted to establish a colony in America where Quakers would have religious freedom.

Pennsylvania (Middle Colony)

▪ In 1681, King Charles II granted Penn a huge area of land, which he named Pennsylvania.

▪ Penn named his capital city Philadelphia (Greek for “City of Brotherly Love”).

▪ There, he wrote great documents that made Pennsylvania the 1st democracy in America.

Act A Mile A Minute

▪Rhode Island▪Slave Trade▪Merchant

Act A Mile A Minute

▪Quakers▪Philadelphia▪Religious Freedom

Talk A Mile A Minute

▪Roger Williams▪Pennsylvania▪Puritans

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▪William Penn▪Providence▪New Netherland