1. THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
CHAPTER 4 SECTION 1
THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES

2. THE PURITANS AND MASSACHUSETTS
THE MIGRATION TO MASS BAY WAS LED BY THE PURITANS
THE PURITANS DID NOT WANT TO SEPARATE FROM CHURCH OF ENGLAND- THEY JUST WANTED TO PURIFY IT FROM EXCESSES
EX. ORGAN MUSIC, DECORATIONS,
THE PURITANS WERE A POWERFUL GROUP IN ENGLAND

3. THE KING OF ENGLAND DISAPPROVED OF PURITANS
PURITAN LEADERS FELT THEY NEEDED TO LEAVE ENGLAND
THEY RECEIVED A CHARTER FROM MBC- MASSACHUSETTS BAY COMPANY
JOHN WINTHROP BECAME THE FIRST GOV OF THE COLONY

4. SOME SETTLERS JOINED PURITANS FOR ECONOMIC REASONS
PRIMOGENITURE- THE IDEA OF GIVING EVERYTHING TO FIRST SON
LEFT MANY LANDLESS AND PROSPECTLESS SECOND/THIRD SONS WHO CAME TO COLONIES

5. GOVERNING THE COLONY
ALL COLONISTS WORKED, BUT NOT ALL COULD MAKE DECISIONS
ACC TO CHARTER, ONLY STOCKHOLDERS OF MBC COULD VOTE
MOST SETTLERS RESENTED THIS LACK OF PARTICIPATION

6. ALSO MALE CHURCH MEMBERS COULD BE ELECTED TO THE GENERAL COURT
WINTHROP NOTICED THE DISCONTENT
CHANGED IT SO ANY MALE WHO WAS A CHURCH MEMBER COULD NOW VOTE
ALSO MALE CHURCH MEMBERS COULD BE ELECTED TO THE GENERAL COURT
MBC COLONY PROSPERED- MANY PPL CAME AND SETTLED IN BOSTON- KNOWN AS GREAT MIGRATION- BECAME LARGEST TOWN.

7. PROBLEMS IN MBC
PURITAN LEADERS DID NOT LIKE ANYONE TO QUESTION THEIR AUTHORITY
USUALLY DISCONTENTED COLONISTS LEFT THE COLONY
SOME COLONISTS WHO LEFT, FOUNDED OTHER COLONIES

8. CONNECTICUT THOMAS HOOKER FOUNDED CONNECTICUT
HE WANTED TO SET UP A COLONY WITH STRICT LIMITS ON GOVT
FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT- PLAN OF GOVT ALLOWED ALL LANDOWNERS TO VOTE, ALSO LIMITED GOVERNOR’S POWER.
CONNECTICUT BECAME SEPARATE COLONY IN STARTED OUT AS PART OF MASS.

9. RHODE ISLAND ROGER WILLIAMS FOUNDED RHODE ISLAND
WILLIAMS FELT IN MASS CHURCH HAD TOO MUCH POWER
WANTED TO SETUP COLONY WITH SEPERATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
SET UP RHODE ISLAND ON PRINCIPLE OF RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE

10. RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE- A WILLINGNESS TO LET OTHERS PRACTICE THEIR OWN BELIEFS
IN MASS- NON PURITANS COULD NOT WORSHIP FREELY
WILLIAMS WAS KICKED OUT OF MASS FOR HIS BELIEFS AND SET UP RI COLONY INSTEAD.
ALL JEWS, PROTESTANTS AND CATHOLICS COULD PRACTICE RELIGION IN RI
PROVIDENCE WAS MAIN CITY

11. ANNE HUTCHINSON LIVED IN MBC- QUESTIONED SOME PURITAN TEACHINGS
APPEARED BEFORE GENERAL COURT- CLAIMED GOD SPOKE TO HER
BANISHED FROM COLONY AS HERETIC
SHE CAME TO LIVE IN RHODE ISLAND AS WELL.

12. PURITANS AT WAR WITH NATIVES
PURITANS HAD MANY CONFLICTS WITH NATIVE AMERICANS
THEY CONTINUED TO TAKE OVER NATIVE AM LANDS
METACOM’S WAR- HE FOUGHT WITH THE SETTLERS, BUT EVENTUALLY WAS DEFEATED.
NEW HAMPSHIRE BECAME A SEPARATE COLONY WHEN MASS BECAME TOO BIG.

13. LIFE IN NEW ENGLAND
PURITANS BELIEVED THAT WORSHIP AND LOCAL MATTERS SHOULD BE PERFORMED AS A COMMUNITY
THE MEETINGHOUSE WAS WHERE PURITANS WORSHIPPED AND HAD TOWN MEETINGS
SABBATH- HOLY DAY OF REST- ON SUNDAY NOONE COULD VISIT TAVERNS TO TELL JOKES OR DRINK
ALL CITIZENS HAD TO ATTEND CHURCH

14. AT TOWN MEETINGS SETTLERS VOTED ON AND DISCUSSED ISSUES
PURITANS HAD VERY STRICT LAWS
THE ECONOMY WAS BASED ON FISHING, FARMING, AND LOGGING
EVENTUALLY THE PURITANS STARTED TO DECLINE- FEW PPL LEFT ENGLAND FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS