By: Pooja Patel, Thomas Deignan, & Joshua Lanjwal (B2) Puritan Dissenters (Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, and Thomas Hooker) By: Pooja Patel, Thomas Deignan, & Joshua Lanjwal (B2)
Key Terms/People: Roger WIlliams Anne Hutchinson Thomas Hooker Antinomianism Heresy Dogma The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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.
Roger Williams’ Punishment: He was quickly banished from Massachusetts Bay for his “dangerous” ideas.
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.
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)
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)
Anne Hutchinson: Overview (1638) fled to Rhode Island and settled at Aquidneck. then to the New York mainland & eventually Hutchinson was killed
Thomas Hooker - Protest Thomas Hooker served as a pastor. Disagreement with John Cotton. Believed in suffrage for all men
Thomas Hooker:Punishment Lost favor with other ministers Left for Hartford
Thomas Hooker - Post Punishment Founded Connecticut Wrote “The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut”