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New England Puritans & Pilgrims

New England Puritans & Pilgrims. Puritans vs. Pilgrims. Puritans – purify Anglican Church Congregationalist Conversions Simplicity. Puritans vs. Pilgrims. Pilgrims  Separatists Didn’t believe church could be fixed Migration Holland America. The Pilgrims (1620). Mayflower

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New England Puritans & Pilgrims

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  1. New EnglandPuritans & Pilgrims

  2. Puritans vs. Pilgrims • Puritans – purify Anglican Church • Congregationalist • Conversions • Simplicity

  3. Puritans vs. Pilgrims • Pilgrims  Separatists • Didn’t believe church could be fixed • Migration • Holland • America

  4. The Pilgrims (1620) • Mayflower • Pilgrims <50% of ship, also adventurers & sailors • Intended for VA • Mayflower Compact

  5. This is NOT Plymouth Rock

  6. This is NOT Plymouth Rock

  7. This is Plymouth Rock

  8. MA Bay Co. (1630) • Joint Stock Co – John Winthrop • “City on a Hill” • Capital – Boston • Later absorbed Plymouth

  9. Massachusetts Bay Co. • No separation of church & state • Harsh criminal laws • Restrictive voting • Bans on other religious groups

  10. Great Migration • Religious persecution • Many Puritans (20,000) came to NE • Led by Winthrop (1630s)

  11. Puritan dissidents • Roger Williams • Land acquisition • Religious freedom • Banished  RI

  12. Puritan dissidents • Anne Hutchinson • Antinomianism • Trial / Banishment (1636-38) • Went to RI

  13. Puritan dissidents • Thomas Hooker • Universal Christian suffrage • Banished  CT • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut • 1st written constitution in America

  14. New Hampshire • Founded by King Charles II (1679) •  royal control • Buffer vs. French •  population – often run by MA (same governor)

  15. New England Confederation • Military alliance • vs. Natives / Dutch • King Philip’s War • Influence of English Civil War

  16. Native Resistance • Pequot War (1638) • MA/Narragansetts vs. Pequots • Massacre of Pequots • Narragansett reaction

  17. Native Resistance • King Philip’s War (1675-1676) • Metacomet – “King Philip” • Heavy casualties – 25% of colony • Worst % for any American war

  18. Native Resistance • Results • Metacomet • Natives in NE • Relationship with king • American identity

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