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The New England Colonies:

The New England Colonies:. Chapter 2 Section 4. The 13 Colonies: . New England Colonies. Middle Colonies. Southern Colonies. 1) Puritans: . In the 1600s there was only one official Church in England, called the Church of England or the Anglican Church

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The New England Colonies:

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  1. The New England Colonies: Chapter 2 Section 4

  2. The 13 Colonies: New England Colonies Middle Colonies Southern Colonies

  3. 1) Puritans: • In the 1600s there was only one official Church in England, called the Church of England or the Anglican Church • Many people thought the Church was becoming too corrupt: • Puritans wanted to purify the Church • Separatists wanted to leave and start their own churches

  4. 1) Puritans: • Lived moral lives, prayed devoutly, read the Bible, worked hard • Criticized the Church of England • Charles I began to persecute them • Went to America to worship in their own “purer” churches and to make their own laws • Laws based on the Bible • Most of N.E.’s colonists

  5. Persecution:

  6. Why did the Puritans leave for America?

  7. 2) Plymouth Colony: • In 1620 the first Puritans founded Plymouth Colony (later Massachusetts) • Also known as the Pilgrims • Before leaving their ship they made an agreement called the Mayflower Compact • Agreed to form a government and obey its laws • Self-government

  8. 3) Massachusetts Bay Colony: • 1630, John Winthrop leads Puritans to a new colony, the M.B.C. • Called it “A City Upon a Hill” • Established a republic • Men elected a governor and assembly • The only gov’t to elect its own governor • A radical idea

  9. Puritans:

  10. 4) Other Colonies • In New Hampshire and Maine Puritans and English fishermen had an uneasy time getting along • Rhode Island became a safe haven for all denominations • To keep peace they separated the church and state • Connecticut was founded by conservative Puritans • By the end of the 1600s the Massachusetts Bay Colony included Maine and Plymouth Colony

  11. 5) Religious Troubles: • Puritans thought God would punish people who allowed individual choice in religion • Not tolerate of other denominations • The governor of Massachusetts executed four Quakers and burned their books • Even persecuted Puritans who expressed radical ideas: • Roger Williams: said colonists had no right to take land from N.A.s • Anne Hutchinson: Said Massachusetts was too Anglican (like the church of England)

  12. Roger Williams Anne Hutchinson

  13. 6) Salem Witch Trials: • http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=94D6D3B7-7132-446F-B0D8-784C58CAE435&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US • Winter of 1692

  14. 6) Salem Witch Trial: • Girls had nothing to do • Emotions were “evil” • Interested in the stories of Titchiba’s • The girls acted “crazy” • Probably panic attacks • Adults saw this as “bewitched” • Reverend Paris stirs things up • The girls accuse anyone they want and the adults believe them! • 24 people were hanged • Many more put in prison • One man crushed to death under a stone • Adults should have been smarter

  15. Salem Witch Tiral:

  16. 7) Conflict with Native Americans: A) The Pequot War: • 1630s: Puritans and Pequots trade for fur • Tension over control of the trade and the Puritan’s westward expansion • 1636: War breaks out: Pequots Puritans

  17. Native Americans Attacking a Colonial Home:

  18. 7) Conflict with Native Americans: A) The Pequot War: (continued) • 1638: Treaty of Hartford • After vicious fighting, that included the Puritans killing women and children, the Puritans won and the Pequot were eliminated as a group B) King Philip’s War: • 1675: A chief named Metacom (King Philip) “kind of” led a rebellion • Guns acquired from trading

  19. 7) Conflict with Native Americans: B) King Philip’s War: (continued) • The N.A.s were winning at first but ended up losing • Ran out of bullets because they couldn’t trade anymore • Starved as colonists attacked their villages and burned their crops • The colonists won but about 1,000 died • N.A.s lost most of their remaining land in New England and about 3,000 were killed

  20. King Philip’s War

  21. King Philip’s War

  22. 7) Conflict with Native Americans: B) King Philip’s War: (continued) • Some N.A.s ran away to Canada, where they continued to attack the frontier towns in revenge. • By the early 1700s there were 92,000 colonists in New England • Only 9,000 N.A.s left.

  23. Frontier Town:

  24. Homework! • Chapter 2 Section 4: #1,2,3,4,5

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