1. English Colonization of New England

2. New England Colonies

3. A New Faith Protestant Reformation Formation of the Anglican Church
John Calvin
People were born sinners – need for baptism
Predestination
Both the Puritans and the Pilgrims are, theologically speaking, pretty much the same as followers of Calvin and his strict doctrine.

4. Pilgrims – Exodus from Europe
Separatists
Holland doesn’t work
Council for New England – J-S Company
Pays for colonial enterprise for them to land in Northern Va.

5. The Voyage 100 people – 65 days – across the N. Atlantic in November
Mayflower Compact
Landed at Cape Cod

6. 1st Congregationalist Church
Formed in Plymouth in 1620
Established throughout NE as colonies grow
No clerical hierarchy. Each church controlled worship (no bishops)
Cambridge Platform
Visible saints

7. First Contact Landed in Pawtuxet village – constructed Plymouth
Meet the Wampanoag
Samoset
Squanto
Chief Massasoit – wanted an ally
Planting Crops (First Thanksgiving)
Wampum

8. Growth Wm. Bradford – governor By 1627, they are a free colony
Colony grows and more towns appear
How to handle success?

9. Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630)
Est. a Charter - Boston
Puritans
Members of Church of England
England is corrupt
Less ceremony, more Bible
12 ships w/ 1200 people
Governor – John Winthrop
Winthrop called the colony a “City on the Hill”

10. Puritan Work Ethic Worship & hard work were tenets of Puritanism
They reserved some time for leisure, but not much

11. New England Local Government
Town Councils
Church officials not allowed
Must be church member - high ranking people were elected
Vote: male member of the church in good standing
General Court – colonial legislature
Had a great deal of power for a colonial legislature

12. New England Population
Great Migration – 1630s - 20,000 people
Towns developed throughout New England
Towns allowed religion and education to take a central role
New Colonies formed like Conn, RI
Fundamental Orders of Conn.

13. New England Education
Old Deluder Acts – grammar school in every town – Why?
New England Primer

14. Economy in New England Subsistence farming (region imported food)
Lumber, fur, naval stores, codfish, shipping, rum, whale products. Later shipping.
Mass flourishes with trade. They are able to stabilize quickly as a self-governing community.
What was the Puritan philosophy of business?
Did not want for wealth
Usury laws

15. Native Relations in New England
Got along at first
Indians were pagans/wild
Puritans leaders feared Indian life would appeal to some Puritans
To prevent this…
They cut down forests
Created farms
Built English looking structures
Some conversion attempts

16. Native American Tensions
N Englanders felt Indians underutilized the land.
Land transactions were often misunderstandings
Tensions from cutting down forests to farm, graze, build houses
Led to conflict

17. Pequot’s War New Englanders tried to extend territory in Conn
The Pequots refused and the colonists declared war
The colonists got Native American help from Pequot enemies
Native American concept of war v. European

18. Religious Dissent
There was almost no tolerance for other religions and certainly not for religious dissent
Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson

19. Salem Witch Trials -1692
Girls in Salem, Mass demonstrate odd behavior – attributed to witchcraft
Tituba
Others accused
Normal judicial process was ignored
20 executed