What was the reason for the first New England colony? Where was this colony located?

The New England Colonies

New England Colonists Puritans wanted a purer religion King James I saw them as threat to his power Move to New World –Freedom to practice their religion –Escape persecution

Plymouth Colony Pilgrims- Created Mayflower Compact to –Preserve their group –Order their society Plymouth governed by William Bradford, self-governing

Plymouth Colony

Great Migration

Massachusetts Bay Colony John Winthrop helped found colony, joint-stock Puritan work ethic By 1700, over 93,000 colonists “We shall be a city upon a hill.”

Other Puritan Colonies Massachusetts farm land becoming scarce and some disagree with Puritan leaders New Haven- in Connecticut, 1638 –Puritans thought Mass. Bay too laid back New Hampshire- became separate colony in 1680, Puritans too harsh

Connecticut Thomas Hooker moved a group out of Massachusetts (1630’s) –Needed land for cattle –“the foundation of authority is laid in the consent of the governed” Fundamental Orders of Connecticut –First colonial constitution

Separatists break from Puritans Rhode Island- Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts –Started Providence settlement –Guaranteed religious tolerance