1. New England Colonies

2. Puritans- Reform the church Separatists- Separate from church

3. Separatists who left on a journey on Mayflower Mayflower Compact- Formal document declaring their colony as a representative colony. Loyalty to England. Plymouth

4. Charles I persecuted Puritans Puritans formed Massachusetts Bay Colony and created Boston 15,000 Puritans left because of persecution and rough economic times

5. Thomas Hooker Fertile River valley Fundamental Orders of Connecticut: First written document which described organization of representative government

6. Roger Williams No tolerance of religious freedom in MA Should treat Natives right Religious Tolerance: All faiths were welcomed

9. Middle Colonies

10. Civil War between Loyalists and King Charles I Oliver Cromwell becomes Protector but eventually dies Charles II returns during Restoration

11. New Amsterdam under Dutch control (Manhattan Island) England takes over and names it New York

12. Named after Duke of York Proprietary colony- Owner controls all of the land and government Eventually very diverse backgrounds

13. Religious Freedom Trial by jury Representative assembly Was proprietary but then became royal colony

14. William Penn Quakers Didn’t need church Pacifists- people who refuse to fight in wars

16. Southern Colonies

17. Indentured Servants- Servants who paid off their passage to America by working without pay African Slaves

18. Proprietary Colony Tolerance for Catholics Cash crops (Tobacco, Corn, etc) Act of Toleration: Total FAIL: Colony ended up being Protestant

20. Bacon’s Rebellion Not allowed to live in Native American Lands Burned down Jamestown Important: Gave colonial government no choice but to move into Native Lands

21. John Locke wrote a constitution North C. Tobacco & timber Proprietary South C. Fertile farmland (rice, indigo) Royal

22. Buffer to Spain in South Made up of debtors & poor Royal colony Religious freedom