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Do Now. Take a worksheet and answer the question on your sheet. Roleplay. You are taking on the role of the person you’ve just read about Take a few minutes to meet some of the other people in Puritan society. John Winthrop Roger Williams Anne Hutchinson William Penn

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  1. Do Now • Take a worksheet and answer the question on your sheet.

  2. Roleplay • You are taking on the role of the person you’ve just read about • Take a few minutes to meet some of the other people in Puritan society. • John Winthrop • Roger Williams • Anne Hutchinson • William Penn • As you meet people, take notes on how each character answers the question: • How should society be run?

  3. Puritan “Rebels” • Young, popular minister in Salem. • Condemned MA Bay Charter. • Did not give fair compensation to Indians. • Denied authority of civil govt. to regulate religious behavior. • 1635  found guilty of preaching newe & dangerous opinions and was exiled. Roger Williams

  4. The Bloody Tenant of Persecution… by Roger Williams [1644]

  5. Rhode Island • 1636  Roger Williams fled there. • MA Bay Puritans had wanted to exile him to England to prevent him from founding a competing colony. • Remarkable political freedom in Providence, RI • Universal manhood suffrage  later restricted by a property qualification. • Opposed to special privilege of any kind  freedom of opportunity for all. • RI becomes known as the “Sewer” because it is seen by the Puritans as a dumping ground for unbelievers and religious dissenters  More liberal than any other colony!

  6. Puritan “Rebels” • Intelligent, strong-willed,well-spoken woman. • Threatened patriarchal control. • Antinomianism [direct revelation] • Means “against the law.” • Holy life was no sure sign of salvation. • Truly saved didn’t need to obey the law of either God or man. AnneHutchinson

  7. Anne Hutchinson’s Trial • 1638  she confounded the Puritan leaders for days. • Eventually bragged that she had received her beliefs DIRECTLY from God. • Direct revelation was even more serious than the heresy of antinomianism. WHY?? • Puritan leaders banished her  she & her family traveled to RI and later to NY. • She and all but one member of her family were killed in an Indian attack in Westchester County. • John Winthrop saw God’s hand in this!

  8. William Penn • Leader of Quakers • Belief in ability of people to have direct experiences with God • Equality for women, condemnation of slavery • William Penn- founded Pennsylvania as community for Quakers

  9. Salem Witch Trial • 1692  Two young girls have fits attributed to witchcraft. • Over 150 women and some men arrested. • 19 executed. • Majority of those accused were women.

  10. Essential Understanding What role does dissent play in a democratic society? How do/should gov’ts respond to dissent?

  11. New England Spreads Out

  12. New England Colonies, 1650

  13. Puritans vs. Native Americans • Indians especially weak in New England  epidemics wiped out ¾ of the native popul. • Wampanoags [near Plymouth] befriended the settlers. • Cooperation between the two helped by Squanto. • 1621  Chief Massasoit signedtreaty with the settlers. • Autumn, 1621  both groups celebrated the First Thanksgiving.

  14. The First Thanksgiving? In 1863, President Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving an official US holiday.

  15. The Pequot Wars: 1636-1637 • Pequots  verypowerful tribein CT river valley. • 1637  PequotWar • Whites, withNarragansettIndian allies,attacked Pequotvillage on Mystic River. • Whites set fire to homes & shot fleeing survivors! • Pequot tribe virtually annihilated an uneasy peace lasted for 40 years.

  16. A Pequot VillageDestroyed, 1637

  17. King Philip’s War (1675-1676} • Only hope for Native Americans to resist white settlers was to UNITE. • Metacom [King Philip to white settlers] • Massasoit’s son united Indians and staged coordinated attacks on white settlements throughout New England. • Frontier settlements forced to retreat to Boston.

  18. King Philip’s War (1675-1676} • The war ended in failure for the Indians • Metacom beheaded and drawn and quartered. • His son and wife sold into slavery. • Never a serious threat in New England again!!

  19. Population of the New England Colonies

  20. Population Comparisons:New England v. the Chesapeake

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