Chapter 3-2 THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES RELIGION AND COLONIZATION Many people came to America for ___________ reasons, but others came for ____________ motives. In the early 15___’s almost a century before the first ____________ colonists arrived in _____________, a religious movement called the ______________ swept through _______________. Before the ___________ most western Europeans were __________. In 15____ Martin ______________, a German _________, published criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church’s _______ and _________. Thousands of people supported his attempt to reform ____________. These protesters became known as ________________. ______________ found a variety of new ____________ churches. In ___________, King ____________ established the Church of England. (Anglican church) Because the ______________ church kept some Catholic services, including the Mass, some ______________ wanted to “______________” it by removing all traces of ______________. These people became known as _____________. Others who were even more _____________ wanted to leave the Church of England and were called ___________________. These ______________ eventually founded __________, or new religious groups. The _________________ were the first English ______________ to come to ______________ seeking ___________ ___________. They had left England for _____________ in 16____ to escape _________________, but life in _____________ disappointed them. After they obtained permission to settle within the ___________ ____________ grant, they returned to __________. In ____________ 16_____ a party of 35 ____________ and ____ other _____________sailed on the ___________ for __________. They never reached their destination. On November ____ they sighted land on _______ ________ in present day ____________________. A few of the 1

Chapter 3-2 THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES ________________ had read John ___________ descriptions for the area, which he had called _______________. They decided to settle on __________ ____________ because winter was approaching. They were outside the _____________ _______________ grant, so the ______________ drew up a document, the _______________ ______________ to provide a legal basis for their _____________ which they named ______________. As had happened at _____________, disease swept through the community. Within ______ months almost half of the ______________ had died. The ______________ had the help of ______ English speaking Native American’s, _____________, a _____________ Indian and _____________, a _____________ Indian. They taught the _____________ how to plant ____________, showed where to ________ and __________, and helped them arrange a __________ treaty with the powerful _____________ tribe. The _____________ worked hard, planted _______, and in the autumn gathered a good ______________. The settlers then came together to give ____________ for their survival. THE PURITANS There were also a few English ____________ settlements and ___________ posts along the _______________ coast. Large scale _______________ did not begin in the region until the _____________ arrived in the 16____’s. They were different from the ______________ because they only wanted to ______________ the ___________ church. But as ______________ in _____________ increased, they came to doubt that _____________ was possible. John _____________, a _____________ leader, hoped to build a model ______________ community in America. 2

Chapter 3-2 THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES In 16____ King ____________ gave a group of ______________ merchants permission to organize a ____________ ___________ _____________ called the _________________ ______ __________. The next year a ______ ship convoy carrying almost __________ Puritan men, women and children arrived in __________________. While few of these _______________ were wealthy, most had some ____________ and enough wealth to pay for their voyage and set themselves up in the new __________________. The _____________ in ________________ was very different from that in _______________. New ________________ winters were harsh but the cold weather discouraged the spread of ______________ and other ________________ that killed so many ________________. After a difficult first year, the _______________ prospered. The ______________ climate also meant that they could not grow ________________ crops such as ______________. This discouraged the development of large __________________ like those in _____________. New ________________ land was very _________ and many people became _______________. Those in ___________ towns often became ______________, ______________ or ______________. ______________ groups were given large __________ of land from the _______________ government to found new __________. They centered their towns around a plot of ____________ ___________ land called a ______________. Each ____________ usually had a ____________ and a ________________, which often served as both a ______________ and a town ____________. Each family received a small plot of ___________ for a _____________. Outside the ____________ lay fields where townspeople grew crops. The rest of the land remained ________ property, to be given out to new ______________ as the town grew. By 16_____ more then __________ people had come to ______________. They were part of a movement called the ___________ ______________. They eventually settled in other colonies in _________________, _______________, _______________ and _______________, New York. 3

Chapter 3-2 THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES The Puritans believed that they had formed a ____________ or sacred agreement, with ________ to build a society based upon the _________ teachings. They _____________ and _____________ together. The _____________ was the most important part of the __________ community. On ____________, everyone was expected to attend. Services which included praying and listening to _____________ lasted much of the _________. Unlike ____________, there were many families in the _________________ colonies. _____________ also used ______________ as a way of maintaining ___________ and ___________ unity. They wanted everyone to be able to read the ___________ and understand ____________ ways. ___________________required towns with at least ______ families to establish a ____________ school. _______________, the first college in all the ______________ colonies was founded in 16____ as a seminary (school) to educate _______________. The ________________ also felt it was important to participate in the colony’s _________________. They discussed issues at town _________________. But the real power was in the hands of the _________________ _____________, made up of a small group of _________ from the colony. The ______________ ____________ however, soon gave greater privileges, including the right to vote for __________________ to all ______________ _____________ members. This gave _____________ in _________________ much more political influence than people in ______________ at the time. CONFILICTS IN NEW ENGLAND The _____________ left ____________ for _____________ freedom but they did not tolerate ________________, people who disagreed with the commonly held opinions. Religious __________ were no more welcome in the __________________ colony than they were in ______________. Members of other _____________ sects were often _________________ from the colony and sometimes were even _________________. A minister named ___________ ____________ questioned many ________________ ways. He insisted that the colonists had no 4

Chapter 3-2 THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES right to land in ____________________ until they or the _________ purchased it from the local native Americans. In 16_____ the Massachusetts ___________ ___________ ordered _____________ to leave. He went south and the next year founded ___________ ____________. There he put his Ideas about _____________ ______________ and _______ treatment of the Native Americans into practice. In 16____ he received a _________ for his colony. Another major _______________ against ___________ beliefs was _________ ______________. She held meetings in her home to discuss _____________ questions such as her belief that going to _____________ and ________________ were less important than leading a holy life. _______________ began to attract a number of followers including important members of the ______________. Her growing popularity and her ______________ greatly alarmed ___________ officials. They felt even more alarmed because she was a woman. In 16____ Hutchinson was ___________ from ________________. She and her followers then joined the ______________ group in ______________ _____________. Later, she and her six youngest children moved to the _____________ colony of _______________. In 16______ she was killed by _______________. In 16______ in the town of _______________ three women were accused of bewitching a few girls and were arrested. These girls had been acting __________ and reported that ___________ forces were tormenting them. ______________ of people, mostly __________, were accused of being ____________. Some ________ were found guilty and _______ were hanged before the Governor stopped the trials and forbade further _________________. 5