Northern colonies/new england
Puritans Rejection of Catholic authority Focus on independent congregations Truth comes from the Bible Liberty = being able to worship how they want Emphasis on male authority over the family and servants Pilgrims = Puritan Separatists
Pilgrims and the plymouth colony Puritan Separatists They promise to follow “just and equal laws” under the Mayflower Compact The first winter is difficult and they survive with help from Squanto and Native Americans
Massachusetts bay colony Gain charter in 1629 Most people arriving come in families Seeking religious freedom and economic opportunity Focus on education and local government Society organized according to hierarchy
Rhode Island Tolerance was not a Puritan quality Roger Williams criticized Puritan authority Rhode Island established by Williams in 1636 Rhode Island focused on religious freedom and democratic government
Connecticut Reverend Thomas Hooker leads Puritan settlers and establishes the town of Hartford in 1636 The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut is the first written constitution in American history Ruled by a representative government
New england economy Major Exports: Fish and Timber Focused on an alliance between business and religion Farms are mostly family owned Merchants and traders become very powerful Puritan Ethic: focus on hard work and commercial success
Tobacco
Slavery grows in importance because of cash crops
Formerly a dutch colony
A Colony granted to lord calvert as a proprietorship
Economy focused on merchant trade
Colony granted to william penn as a proprietorship
Colony established by puritan separatists
Economy focused heavily on fish and timber
Colony experienced a period of peace after the marriage of john rolfe and pocahontas
Colony granted to 8 proprietors in 1663 by Charles ii
Colony influenced by the puritan ethic
Colony created by james oglethorpe for debtors and poor people
CREATE AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR A COLONY Pick ONE colony we talked about (ANY region) Create an ad for that colony encouraging settlers to live in that colony Must include: Drawing of that colony Other pictures Mention the economy of the colony What the colonist can do there (job, religious freedom, etc)