1. The New England Colonies

2. Life in the Colonies New England
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire

3. The New England Colonies
Massachusetts, 1620
Reasons for coming to America
Get rich
Improve their lives by owning land
Freedom of religion

4. 10 years later…
1630
The Puritans are another group that are facing hard times in England
They want to Purify the English church, not separate from it
They are really unpopular

5. The Puritans were: A. powerful and well educated
B. successful merchants
C. landowners

6. They receive a charter to form the Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Great Migration
1629 to 1640 – 16-20,000 settlers land in Massachusetts

7. New England’s Government
The basis of each town is the congregation, a church group
The meetinghouse is the base of law
Massachusetts government was based on God’s laws
Town meetings determined laws
Only male members of the church have a voice or a vote

8. The New England Way
The Puritans were hard workers, honest, and dutiful
They called this the New England Way

9. Because of their hard work, New England has rapid growth
The law required children to read (so they could read the Bible)

10. 1636
Connecticut
Settled by Thomas Hooker

11. Hooker’s beliefs:
1. Officials could mean well but govern badly
2. Governors should have limited power

12. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
First constitution, a written plan of government
Limits the powers of the governor
Established a government run by the people

13. The Quakers Another religious group
You don’t need the Bible or ministers
Treat Native Americans fairly
Slavery is evil!

14. The Puritans don’t like them either
They are whipped, tossed into prison or hanged
Most flee to Rhode Island

15. King Phillips’ War
More and more colonists are arriving, and spreading out into Indian territory
The Indians fight back under a leader named King Phillip
The Wampanoag Indians lose the war, and most are killed or sold into slavery

16. The Salem Witch Trials
Several young Puritan girls claim to have been possessed by a slave woman
They also accuse several others in the village of witchcraft

17. More than 100 people were taken to trial as witches
19 women and one man were convicted
17 hangings, 2 were crushed to death