1. Spiral Set Up RIGHT SIDE SPIRAL SET UP: Tape in Cloze Notes
We will identify and explain the reasons for the colonization and growth of representative government at Plymouth and later at Massachusetts Bay using written observations, cloze notes, a song verse, and a timeline.
Spiral Set Up
LEFT SIDE SPIRAL SET UP:
Tape in Preview and Process Sheet (one with boxes)
Complete sections as directed
Make observations of slides as we go
RIGHT SIDE SPIRAL SET UP:
Tape in Cloze Notes
Fill in the Blank during Interactive Lecture

2. Plymouth, 1620 Massachusetts Bay New England Region
The Next Colony
Plymouth, 1620
Massachusetts Bay
New England Region

3. Pilgrims Separatist group Want to break away from Church of England
Want simple church ceremonies
No music – statues of saints – gold crosses
Persecuted in the name of King James I
They had tried life in Holland/the Netherlands but were dissatisfied. Afraid their children were becoming too “Dutch.”

4. Pilgrims Virginia Company grants them land near Hudson River
Storm blows them off course
Settle in Massachusetts and name their colony “Plymouth”
But they weren’t by themselves

6. Plymouth, 1620 102 people embarked to “Virginia on Sept. 6, 1620.
41 Separatists with 61 “Strangers” spent 66 days at sail being blown off course until they landed at present day Plymouth; All are known as pilgrims
Knew they were NOT in Virginia, and so they needed some kind of agreement or social contract to live together. Wrote and signed MAYFLOWER COMPACT before leaving the boat.

7. Mayflower Compact 1st form of democracy in America
Established principle of 1 man, 1 vote
Helped set precedent that every man’s voice counted.
Organized political system in Plymouth
Established town meeting system of government
Signed by separatists and strangers alike

9. Add Plymouth to the map 9

12. Similarities and Differences with Jamestown
Starvation Period
Saved by American Indians like Squanto and Samoset
Only succeeded once private ownership of property became available to all
Helped development of republicanism
Differences
Came to have religious freedom
Brought families and regular people – no noblemen
Subsistence farming
Later fishing and whaling industry grows from Massachusetts Bay
Colder climate, rocky soil

14. Some background State Church in England – King Henry VIII
King Henry VIII – Protestant Church
Church of England/Anglican Church
Bible published in English for first time (without being killed for it) – Geneva Bible, King James
Two main groups of Protestants who were unhappy with Anglican Church

15. Protestant Protesters
Puritans
Separatists
Wanted to cleanse the Anglican Church from within – to “purify” it.
Criticized the English monarchy vocally accusing it of corruption and sin
Came to America to establish religious colony – a new theocracy ruled by principles of Bible
The Great Migration – Over 20,000 Puritans came after 1630
Established Salem, Cape Ann, and the Massachusetts Bay Colony (Boston)
Wanted to establish their own Protestant religion and practice within their own community
Came to America to be able to have religious freedom
Settled in Plymouth and wrote the Mayflower Compact

16. Puritan Sense of Mission
Change (purify) the Church of England
Unsuccessful
Go on an Errand Into The Wilderness
In America establish Massachusetts Bay Colony
John Winthrop – governor

17. Puritan Model of Community
“City upon the hill” – “A beacon of light”
Set the example of how a community should live

19. Puritans Led by John Winthrop
Wanted to build “City Upon a Hill” that would light the world with God’s laws and love
Very religious and strict
By late 1600s, New England was theocracy with Puritans in total charge of the community;
Still had town meetings…voting rights based on membership in church, not property ownership
Kicked out people who disagreed with main proponents of church doctrine

20. The Great Migration
20,000 move to Mass. Bay Colony

21. Moved into Rhode Island and Connecticut forming NEW England Region
Roger Williams kicked out of Massachusetts and established free religious society in Rhode Island
Anne Hutchison kicked out of Massachusetts
Thomas Hooker established Connecticut and wrote “Fundamental Orders of Connecticut” - the 1st Constitution written in America based on individual rights – religion being main one.

22. New England Colonies
Very cold climate
Rocky soil – couldn’t grow crops
Subsistence farming
Trees – made lumber profitable
Lumber made shipbuilding profitable
Fishing, Whaling became main economics