1. New England Colonies

2. Democratic (?) features of New England
Massachusetts
Mayflower Compact (Plymouth)
Purpose of government to enforce God’s will
Voting (in colony-wide matters)
White, male, property-owning freeman (members of the Puritan, or Congregational, Church)
…How does one become a member of the Congregational Church?
Voting (in local matters)
White, male, property-owning
Colony taxes: funneled into Congregational Church, for members and non- members.
Freedman could hire/fire its minister
No minister could hold political office
Quakers (and other non-believers) within Massachusetts fined and persecuted

3. Democratic (?) features of New England
Rhode Island
Roger Williams:
Denounced taking Natives land without fair compensation (challenged legality of Massachusetts charter)
Did not believe that the government had the right to regulate religious behavior
Williams’ colony: Rhode Island
Complete freedom of religion, even for Jews and Catholics
No colonist had to take an oath decreeing their religious faith
No compulsory attendance at place of worship
No taxes collected were funneled into a church
Voting: white, male, property-owners

4. Democratic (?) features of New England
Connecticut
The Fundamental Orders (Hartford)

5. English and Native Americans
1621: the first Thanksgiving! Featuring Massasoit and the “Pilgrims”…
And then…
Pequot War (1637)
Metacom (King Phillip), and King Phillip’s War (1675)
52 towns (frontier) attacked, 12 destroyed, hundreds of whites killed
Metacom and his family

6. Colonial Seeds of Unity
New England Confederation (1643)
Purpose/Function?
Members?
Who initiated it?
Benign neglect
Dominion of New England (1686)
Sir Edmund Andros…and the First American Revolution?

7. New York and Pennsylvania
Think of New York today. How would you describe it? Can we see any of these characteristics in its earliest stages (hint: think of it’s founders)
The American Pageant called Pennsylvania Penn’s “Holy Experiment”.
Does Pennsylvania deserve that title?
If you could rewrite or edit the Pageant, what title would you choose for Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania has been called the colony that most resembles contemporary American society. Do you agree?