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The Settling of the Northern Colonies. 1619-1700. The Protestant Reformation Produces Puritanism. Martin Luther Puritan Consciousness Henry VIII Puritans King James I 1603 and 1625. The Pilgrims end their Pilgrimage at Plymouth . Pilgrims Plymouth Rock was not the first landing
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The Settling of the Northern Colonies 1619-1700
The Protestant Reformation Produces Puritanism Martin Luther Puritan Consciousness Henry VIII Puritans King James I 1603 and 1625
The Pilgrims end their Pilgrimage at Plymouth • Pilgrims • Plymouth Rock was not the first landing • Mayflower Compact • Winter of 1620-21 • 1621 Autumn • Leaders • Small Plymouth was never economically or numerically important
The Bay Colony Bible Commonwealth • Separatist Puritans were extremists moderate puritans sought to reform the church from within • 1629 Non-Separatists Puritans secured royal charter to form the Massachusetts Bay Company • Blessed enterprise:1630 • John Winthrop • Shared Sense of Purpose
Building the Bay Colony City Upon a Hill shapes Colony Government “Protestant Ethic”
Trouble in the Bible Commonwealth Dissension Anne Hutchinson Roger Williams
The Rhode Island “Sewer” Roger Williams fled to Rd. Is. In 1636 Other settlements soon dotted Rd. Is. Distinctions
New England Spreads Out Connecticut River New Haven 1638 Maine New Hampshire
Puritans Vs. Indians
New England Indians Already weak by 1620 More Settlers = More Confrontations Intertribal Unity
Seeds of Colonial Unity and Independence • New England Confederation • Exclusively Puritan Club • 1ststeps towards colonial unity • Crown paid little attention to Colonies in the Early years
Andros Promotes the 1st American Revolution Dominion of New England 1686 Sir Edmund Andros Glorious (bloodless) Revolution 1688-89
Old Netherlands at New Netherlands 16c. Netherlands revolted against rule of Catholic Spain and gained independence with help of Protestant England 17c. Golden Age of Dutch history Henry Hudson Dutch West India Company New Netherland
Friction with English and Swedish Neighbors • Dutch Company Colony vexed from beginning • N.E. hostile to growth of its neighbor • Swedes
Dutch Residues in New York • New Netherlands only a secondary Interest to Dutch • English regarded Dutch as intruders • Dutch illiberal features remained
Penn’s Holy Experiment in Pennsylvanian • Arose in Mid 1600’s in England • Deeply convicted • William Penn • Pennsylvania
Quaker Pennsylvania and its Neighbors Launched colony in 1681 Penn purchased land from chief Tammany Government Society Small Quaker settlements flourished next to Pennsylvania
The Middle way in the Middle Colonies Middle Colonies NY, NJ, Delaware and Penn. Distinctions 1720 Colonies