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Puritan Dissenters: Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, Thomas Hooker

Explore the controversial beliefs and punishments faced by Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, and Thomas Hooker, three prominent figures in Puritan history. Learn about their protests, punishments, and impact on the colonies.

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Puritan Dissenters: Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, Thomas Hooker

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  1. Puritan Dissenters (Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, and Thomas Hooker) By: Pooja Patel, Thomas Deignan, & Joshua Lanjwal (B2)

  2. Key Terms/People: • Roger WIlliams • Anne Hutchinson • Thomas Hooker • Antinomianism • Heresy • Dogma • The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

  3. Roger Williams’ Protest: • Roger Williams was an English Puritan minister who lived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His controversial beliefs included: -Religious freedom -The separation of church and state, and that no single church should be supported by taxes -Believed stealing of land from Native Americans was unfair.

  4. Roger Williams’ Punishment: • He was quickly banished from Massachusetts Bay for his “dangerous” ideas.

  5. Roger Williams Post-Punishment: • After his banishment, Williams established the colony of Rhode Island. • The colony followed his beliefs of religious freedom, attracting many other dissenters from surrounding colonies.

  6. Anne Hutchinson: Protest • Who is she? • Religious views/beliefs: "If God has predetermined for me salvation or damnation, how could any behavior of mine change my fate?" • Antinomianism:belief that the elect need not obey the law of either god or man; against the law (Mary Dyer was the first woman executed for her religious beliefs in Massachusetts Bay Colony)

  7. Anne Hutchinson: Punishment • How it affected the colony? • (1637) banishment from Massachusetts Bay colony • Heresy; any belief/theory that is opposite to orthodox religious doctrine (Anne Hutchinson on Trial, illustration by Edwin Austin Abbey, circa 1901)

  8. Anne Hutchinson: Overview • (1638) fled to Rhode Island and settled at Aquidneck. • then to the New York mainland & eventually Hutchinson was killed

  9. Thomas Hooker - Protest • Thomas Hooker served as a pastor. • Disagreement with John Cotton. • Believed in suffrage for all men

  10. Thomas Hooker:Punishment • Lost favor with other ministers • Left for Hartford

  11. Thomas Hooker - Post Punishment • Founded Connecticut • Wrote “The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut”

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