1. Mrs. Chadwell – English III
The Pilgrims Arrive
Mrs. Chadwell – English III

2. Before the pilgrims Native Americans lived on the land.
Columbus opened the door to North America.
Spanish interests were high.
Sparked interest all over Europe

3. The “first” pilgrims
French fleeing religious persecution arrived in St. Augustine, Florida 50 years before the Mayflower.

4. The mayflower The pilgrims left Plymouth, England in 1620.
There were 44 pilgrims.
In 65 days, 43 arrived off Cape Cod.

5. The first winter
During the first winter, about half of the Pilgrims died from illness and starvation.

6. Spring and Learning
New beginnings came when Native Americans taught the Pilgrims how to plant.
Samoset and Squanto
The first harvest was a time of thanksgiving.

7. New country, new power New laws and ideologies William Bradford
Mayflower Compact
Separatists – Pilgrims - Puritans

8. Who were the Puritans?
50 pilgrims separated from the Church of England
Mayflower
Plymouth Colony
Congregationalists
In 1620, fifty Pilgrims who had separated from the Church of England arrived in what is now present day Massachusetts along with fifty-two entrepreneurs.
Traveled by a ship, the Mayflower.
Created Mayflower Compact- document of self-governance.
Established the Plymouth Colony after Mayflower Compact was created.
1629, John Winthrop and his Puritan followers left England on the Arbella and established the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Congregationalists believed in self-government

9. Puritan Beliefs
Human beings are inherently evil and so must struggle to overcome their sinful nature.
Personal salvation depends solely on the grace of God, not on individual effort.
The Bible is the supreme authority on earth.
In Adam’s fall we all sinned and therefore are evil.
No matter how much repentance, God’s grace is all that will save you. Predestination.
Political law had no jurisdiction on Puritans, The Bible was their law. Church and State unified until the end of the seventeenth century.
Petitioned James I for religious reform, denied so migrated

10. Puritanism Values Honored hard work and sacrifice
But honored material objects.
Valued family life
Quakers and other dissenters punished, usually by execution
Wealth was the reward of a virtuous life

11. Misogynistic Attitudes
Women wanted certain kinds of knowledge that led them to the devil
You are what your neighbors say about you.