TheNewEnglandColonies

Pilgrims and Puritans

PilgrimsProtestantsimmigrantsSeparatists

Mayflower ship

Mayflower Compact

PilgrimsFarmers?

Fishing and hunting?

most farmed, but land was poor

also failed, not good in the area

Trade? Some traded corn with the Indians for fur

Education? taught their kids to readand some indentured servants

I cook, spin and weave wool, and sew clothes. I also make soap and butter, dried fruit, carry the water, and take care of the animals.

I spend most of my time repairing tools and working in the fields. I also chop wood and build shelters.

Rights?

Pilgrims and the Natives1st Indian they met was

Samoset -told them about the people and the area

- helped establish relations w/ local

Wampanoag Indians

Patuxet Indian- had lived in Europe and spoke English

PuritansProtestants they wanted to purify or reform

the Anglican Church

Great MigrationMassachusetts Bay Company

led by John Winthrop

1629-1640

Puritans believed that they had made a covenant, or promise, with God to build an ideal Christian community.

They came well prepared with plenty of supplies and livestock.

Where are we?

Massachusetts Bay ColonyReligion

and GovernmentThey had to obey English Laws.

Created General Court to run the colony.

Puritans turned the court into a type of self-government to represent the needs of people.

Each town had 2 or 3 delegates to the court

- selected John Winthrop and his associates

- it became a 2 house, or bicameral, legislature.

Religion and government were closely linked.

The leaders were church members

in order to join the church

- had to pass a public test of faith

- to become one of God’s “elect”

Thomas Hooker and his followers left Massachusetts and founded

ConnecticutHe wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. It gave non- church members the right to vote.

Different religious views amongst the Puritans?

Minister Roger Williams - wanted his church to separate completely- criticized the General Court for taking land from the American Indians without payment.They made him leave the colony!!!!!!

Providence Rhode Island Williams- believed in the separation of church and state.- believed in religious tolerance for all members of the community

Anne Hutchinson- publicly discussed religious ideas- believed that people’s relationship with God did not need guidance from ministers. - Puritan leaders put her on trial and kicked her out of the colony!!!!!

Portsmouth part Rhode Island

Worst Conflicts

Witch Craft Trials

19 people were put to death!!!!!!!

New England Economy

- trade with local, other colonies, and over seas- furs, pickled beef, and pork- grew wealthy, leading members of society

Merchants

Fishing

- leading industry - merchants exported- dried fish- hunted for whales- valuable oil

Shipbuilding- important industry- plenty of materials from forests- as trade grew and for slaves the need for more ships grew for merchants and fishermen

Skilled Craftspeople- sent sons to learn trade as apprentices (lived w/craftsman & learned skill)- became journeymen- blacksmithing, weaving, shipbuilding, printing

Education in the Colonies• Public Education

1647 General Court of Massachusetts issued that every township with 50 families have a school. “New England Primer”

• Higher Education

1636 John Harvard & the General Court founded Harvard College

• By 1700, about 70% of men, 45% of women in New England could read & write