1. Puritans Settle
New England

2. Jump Start
Get in your Mayflower Compact groups from yesterday. If you worked alone you will remain alone. Each group needs one piece on computer paper from the front table. Write your laws neatly on the paper and then wait for my instructions. Thanks!

3. Puritans Beliefs: Wanted to reform (purify) the Church of England
Unlike the Pilgrims (Separatists), they DID NOT want to separate
Thought their mission was to create a model society committed to the proper worship of God
Did not like church rituals and authority structures
wanted to be a commonwealth: a community in which people work together for the common good

4. The Great Migration Got charter from Massachusetts Bay Company
New joint stock company that Puritans invested in
Puritan families left for the Americas by the thousands
About 20,000 crossed the Atlantic
1630  1,000 people set off in 11 well-stocked ships
Were well prepared; did not have a starving time
Boston eventually became its capital city

5. Jump Start What is a commonwealth?
What did the Puritans use for self-government?
How was the Puritans’ first year different from Jamestown or the Pilgrims first year?

6. The Commonwealth Main group was the congregation
Each town had its own congregation
Town meeting = self government
Only males could vote and hold office
Had to attend church…it was LAW!
Emphasized responsibility, godliness, hard work, and honesty
Strong work ethic lead to success for the Puritans

7. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Thomas Hooker led 3 Puritan congregations to the Connecticut Valley
Founded Connecticut in 1637
Created the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Created a government like the one in Massachusetts BUT voting was not limited to just church members
Limited the power of the governor
Expanded representative government in the colonies by allowing more people to vote

8. Puritan “Rebels”- Roger Williams
Minister in Salem, MA.
Condemned Massachusetts
Did not give fair compensation($) to Indians
Took land by force
Opposed forced church attendance
1635  found guilty of preaching new & dangerous opinions and was exiled (kicked out)
Founded Rhode Island the next year
Roger Williams

9. Rhode Island 1636  Roger Williams arrived Known as the “Sewer”
Puritans wanted to exile him to England to prevent him from founding a competing colony.
Political freedom in Rhode Island
Universal manhood suffrage
Opposed to special privilege of any kind
Known as the “Sewer”
Seen as dumping ground for religious dissenters by Puritans
More liberal than any other colony!

10. Puritan “Rebels”- Anne Hutchinson
Intelligent, strong-willed
Threatened patriarchal control.
Antinomialism (direct revelation)
Believed a person could worship without help of a church, minister, or bible
Preached secretly in her home
Forced to leave Massachusetts
Moved to Rhode Island
Anne Hutchinson

11. Population of the New England Colonies