1. Settling the New England Colonies

2. Puritans in Massachusetts
Puritans are under attack in England
Seek religious freedom in the colonies
Follow beliefs, wealth, and success
Great Migration
1630
17,000 people come to the Americas 20 years after the Pilgrims settle here

3. The Massachusetts Bay Company
Charles I is new King of England
Puts more pressure to follow the Anglican Church
John Winthrop
Lawyer and landowner
Represents the Puritans and helps them gain a colonial charter
Form the Massachusetts Bay Company

4. Settling the Colony 1630 17 ships carrying 1000 people leave England
Want to establish the Massachusetts Bay Colony north of Plymouth
Largest migration
More organized
Food, clothing, tools and livestock

5. “A City Upon a Hill” John Winthrop said, “all eyes will be on us.”
Overcome harsh winter, disease
Boston
Home to 16,000 colonists
Successful trading center
Practiced their own religion
Church member chose minister
Changed Massachusetts Bay Company into a commonwealth
Self-governing political unit

6. The General Court General Court 1st – only allowed MBC investors
Later – allowed all adult free church going men
Enforced laws and beliefs
Must attend long Sunday church services
Dancing, sports and games prohibited

7. Roger Williams Speaks Out
Separation of church and state
Church has too much power
You should be able to vote and not belong to the church
Said that colonists should buy the land from the Native Americans
Banished from the colony because of beliefs
Went to live with the Narragansett Native Americans

8. A Place for Religious Tolerance
Providence
Roger Williams bargains with Native Americans to get some land to make a new colony
Welcomed those who had different beliefs
Quakers and Jews
Williams gained a charter from the English Parliament in 1644
Colony of Rhode Island was born

9. West to Connecticut Massachusetts is becoming too crowded
Minister Thomas Hooker leads his congregation to Connecticut
Build a town called Hartford
Created the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
1st American constitution
Plan of government
People could elect a governor
All property owners could vote
Became its own colony when given a charted by the king
1662

10. New Hampshire and Maine
1622
John Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges receive a grant to settle in this area
Massachusetts claims settlements in both areas
New Hampshire
Becomes a royal colony in 1680
Maine
Remains part of Massachusetts until 1820

11. Colonists and Native Americans Clash
Why?
Colonists cleared forests for farming
Drove away the wild game = FOOD
Colonists let live stock run wild
Destroyed Native American crops
Colonists bring over diseases
Colonists try to teach Native Americans Christianity
                                                                        
                                                    

12. The Pequot Wars
Connecticut colonists move west and push the Pequots off their land
Pequots fight back
Colonists organize a raid (1637)
Include Native American allies
Surprise attack kills 500 Pequots
English take the land over

13. King Philip’s War
1675
Wampanoag chief, Metacomet, called King Philip by the English, bring many NA allies together
Native Americans want English off their land
Burn towns and fields, kill and kidnap settlers
English strike back
Kill thousands of Native Americans
Capture and sell many NA into slavery
1676
Metacomet is killed and the war is over