THE PILGRIMS: –In 1620 the Pilgrims, aboard the Mayflower, reached Cape Cod Bay, near what is now Provincetown, Massachusetts. –The Pilgrims left England because of Religious conflict

The Pilgrim Faith: –Pilgrims were separatists who broke with the Anglican Church in England –Puritans: Were the most radical of the Pilgrims They were Protestants: They wanted to “PURIFY” the Anglican Church of all Catholic Rituals and Traditions – so, they went to the Netherlands before America

William Bradford: he found a place for the Puritans in America: The Hudson River Valley

Plymouth Colony: –Mayflower Compact: Pilgrim leaders had drawn up an agreement for the men to sign. It established a self- governing Colony based on the Majority Rule of male church members

Disease and Hunger took a toll on the Pilgrims –“In 3 months past dies half of our company…The living are scarce able to bury the dead” –Jamestown – the Pilgrims in Jamestown owed their survival to the Native Americans (Wampanoag) Squanto (Patuxet Indian) he spoke English and he taught the Pilgrims how to grow crops - THANKSGIVING

The Great Migration: –Most Puritans (Protestants) wished to purify the Anglican Church of all Catholic Rituals –Puritans left England Because: 1.Economic Difficulty: no jobs 2.People were kicked-off their land 3.There was more land in America and it was cheaper than land in England 4.Crop failure in England 5.Religious persecution

Great Migration (continued): –Beginning in 1630, more than 40,000 people left England for the Americas

Massachusetts Bay Colony: –Puritans, in 1629, established a Charter for Massachusetts Bay Company which allowed them to establish a colony –John Winthrop – the leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Charter for Massachusetts Bay Colony: –They were allowed to govern the Colony as they wanted but could not violate English Law\ –Their society was guided by English Law and the Bible

Charter for Massachusetts Bay Colony: –All freemen could vote Freemen elected representatives to the general court – the governing body that made laws

Charter of Massachusetts Bay Colony: –The New England Way: Cooperation between Church and State that was the basis of the Puritan Commonwealth Must Live a Moral life or suffer God’s anger Founded Harvard College, the First North American College

Religious Dissent: –Thomas Hooker: Left Mass. Bay Colony because of religious differences with Puritan leaders and he needed more land so he moved westward Thomas Hooker developed the Fundamental Order of Connecticut –The FOC was the first written constitution in the Colonies

Religious Dissent: –Roger Williams: he was forced to leave Massachusetts Bay Colony because he questioned Puritan Ways – He believed in Separation of Church and State He founded Providence Rhode Island where they practiced religious freedom

CHALLENGING AUTHORIY: –Anne Hutchinson: she expressed ideas that opposed the Puritan’s Teachings She moved to Rhode Island so she could practice the religion she wanted

THE SALEM WITCHCRAFT TRIALSTHE SALEM WITCHCRAFT TRIALS: –Massachusetts citizens were accused of witchcraft and many were hung