The New England Colonies

1. The New England Colonies

3. Who are the Puritans • Puritans: settled in Massachusetts Bay. • Established reformed version of Church of England • Wanted simpler forms of worship. • Do away with traditions of Roman Catholic Church.

4. King of England Charles I disapproved of the Puritan Ideals • Puritan leaders convinced that England fell on “evil and declining time” • Puritans wanted to build a colony based on biblical laws and teachings. • Puritan society would set an example for the world.

5. Pilgrims V. Puritans • Pilgrims: • Wanted to practice religion freely. • Broke away from “established church” • Escaping religious persecution. • Puritans: • Wanted reform in the English church • Simpler forms of worship • Did not want to separate entirely from Church of England.

6. John Winthrop • John Winthrop: First Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. • Only stockholders who invested in Massachusetts Bay Company could vote. • Most of people in Colony not stockholders • Allowed any male who was member of the Puritan Church the right to vote for governor.

7. Under leadership of Winthrop, Massachusetts Bay colony prospered. • Between 1629-1640, 15,000 men, women and children traveled to colony from England. • Known as the Great Migration.

8. Life in Massachusetts Bay • Life expectancy for settlers longer then those in “old England”. • Women excluded from town meetings and decisions with the church. • Discussed and voted on issues. • Attendance at Church on Sunday mandatory and lasted all day • Sabbath- holy day of rest.

9. Salem Witch Trials Game • Under your desk is an envelop with a piece of paper • In side the envelop is a piece of paper that is blank or has a red circle. • Do Not tell anyone else whether or not you have a circle. • I am not witch of you has a circle or not.

10. You will have 5 minutes to form as large of a non-circle group as possible. • There can be more then one group. • Largest group of non-circles will win points. • Whole group will loose if even one circle in in the group

11. Do Not revel that you are a circle • You will receive points for joining non-circle groups. • If you believe that someone is a circle you should let others know.

12. Salem Witch Trials • 1692-1693 Salem Massachusetts. • Over 200 people accused of practicing witchcraft. • 20 individuals executed fro being a witch.

13. Salem Witch Trials • January of 1692 three girls where seen having “fits” • Screaming, animal noises, throwing things. • Pastor did not know what was wrong • Girls accused of being Witches • Claimed they were Afflicted( to cause pain or harm) by witches living in the colonies • This created chaos throughout colony • Many people falsely accused of witchcraft

14. Convicted Women • Tituba- Caribbean Island Slave • Sarah Good- Homeless beggar • Sarah Osborn- Elderly improvised woman • Outcasts, not taken seriously. • No husband or (male) for support. • Easy targets for being accused • Only way of proving you were not a witch was by accusing others.

15. Historical Connection Circle Game Salem Witch Trial Colonists accused others of being a witch Once accused it was hard to be proven innocent Had to claim they were afflicted and blame others for being witches No one was really a witch. • Accused others of being a circle • Once accused student was marked with a post it. • There were actually only a few circles

16. Puritan leaders did not like anyone to question their religious beliefs or the way the colony was governed. • Those who opposed life in Massachusetts Bay were forced to leave • Some colonists who left founded other colonies in New England.

17. Foundation of Connecticut • May 1636 , Puritan Leader Thomas Hooker lead 100 out of Massachusetts Bay. • Settled along Connecticut River. • Hartford Connecticut • Hooker believed that the governor and other officials had too much power • Wanted to establish a colony with strict limits on government

19. Plan for Government in Connecticut • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639) • Like government of Massachusetts -2 key differences. • Gave the vote to all men who were property owners • Limited the governor’s power. • Expanded the idea of representative government in English Colonies

20. Rhode Island • Roger Williams: believed that the Puritan church in Massachusetts had too much power • Viewed that the business of the church and state should be completely separate • Political concerns could corrupt the church. • Believed that Puritan leaders could not force people to attend religious services.

21. Rohde Island • Williams believed in Religious tolerance • Willingness to let others practice their own beliefs. • Forced to Leave Massachusetts/ purchased land of Rohde Island From Natives. • Allowed complete freedom of Religion • No state church • Settlers did not have to attend church • All white men had right to vote

23. Anne Hutchinson • Flocked to Rhode Island • Devout Puritan: regularly attended church services • Often questioned the minister’s teachings • People began to listen to her sermons • Puritan leaders grew angry • Women did not have the right to explain god’s law

24. Anne Hutchinson • Puritan leaders could not prove she broke any church laws. • Hutchinson spoke out • “By the voice of his own sprit to my soul” • Exiled: god speaks only through the bible not people.

25. New Hampshire • Settlers fanned out across New England. • Built trading and fishing villages along the coast • 1680 King made these costal settlements into their own Colony.

26. The more colonist settled in New England they began to acquire more of the Natives land. • By 1670 -45,000 English settlers were living in the towns in New England • Result • Fighting between settlers and Indian nations over land.

27. Wampanoag's Land