The new England colonies Chapter 4 Section 1

New England Colonies Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts New Hampshire

Couple of thoughts Why did colonies develop along the Atlantic Coast? Why didn’t the colonist expand west of the 13 colonies?

1630’s ______________, a religious group, did not want to separate from the Church of England, they wanted to change it and make simpler forms of worship (lower specific clothing- priests, lower organ music, lower fancy churches) - Powerful in England - Well educated. Successful merchants, land owners.

1625 King Charles- disliked Puritans, put some in jail.

1629 Puritans feared what was happening, so they got a charter to form the _____________________ (new society with Biblical laws). Younger sons came to Massachusetts for cheap land and businesses. -John Winthrop (1st Governor) and 1,000 Puritans arrived - Winthrop set an example of hard work. If you invested___________ , you could vote. Settlers resented taxes and laws with no vote or say. Puritan leaders wanted to keep non-Puritans out of the government. They gave all Puritan church members the right to vote, and elected representatives to the _________ _______ . If they disagreed, they left. Between 1629-1640 15,000 men, women, and children journeyed from England to Massachusetts known as the “Great Migration.”

1636 Puritan minister ________ _________led 100 settlers out of Massachusetts Bay to the Connecticut River, and Hartford (thought Massachusetts Bay government had too much power). Wanted to make a new government with limits on the government. 1639- Wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut All property owners vote, even if they aren't church goers Limited government powers 1662- Connecticut became a separate colony with a new charter from the King of England (now had 15 towns)

1635 ___________ thought Puritans in Massachusetts Bay had too much power. Because he kept complaining, the General Court kicked him out of Massachusetts. He fled to Narragansett Bay so he wouldn't have to go to England. Indians let him spend the winter with them, and sold him land for a settlement. It became the colony of Rhode Island where there was________ ________ willingness to let others practice their beliefs.

1670 45,000 English settlers were living in New England. Fighting was breaking out between settlers and Indians.

1675 Metacon (English name for King Phillip) chief of the Wampanoug Indians said he was waiting for the day he would have no country. He began to attack New England villages (killed 600 people, and destroyed 12 towns). Indian tribes joined them to drive the English out. Metacon was captured after a year and his family and 1,000 Native Americans were sold into slavery.

1680 King of England made the New England settlements that had taken off from Massachusetts colony New Hampshire. Some colonists were fair to Native Americans (________ ________ and ________ _________ ) ______ ________ Villages- were tightly knit towns and villages, centered around religion._____________ -day of rest, Sunday, no playing games, joking, talking or drinking- all citizens required to attend church. Women on one side of church, men the other, Blacks, Indians in the back. _______ ________ where settlers discussed and voted on issues (roads, schools, etc ... )

1680 Laws were very strict 15 of which had death as a consequence (witchcraft- Salem executed 20 men/women as witches)

1680’s New England- Rocky soil was bad. Natives taught settlers to grow crops (corn, pumpkins, squash, and beans). Forests were rich with meat, tress, and fishing. Hunted whales as well.

1700’s Puritans lower, Ministers had less power. Fewer families left England for religious reasons.

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