1. New England Colonies

2. The Mayflower (1620) Negotiated with Virginia Company to settle in VA…
Plymouth Bay
Became squatters – ain’t nobody got time to find VA
Didn’t bring necessary supplies
Mayflower Compact – self-gov’t
Agreement to form crude gov’t based on majority rule
Male settlers meet in assemblies

3. Plymouth Plantation

4. First Year in Plymouth 44 /120 survived
None leaved when Mayflower left
Survived off of furs, fishing, and lumber
Later Merges w/ MA Bay Colony
Governor: Bradford
Worried about non-Puritans corrupting society

5. MA Bay Colony 1629, non-separatists get charter from King
Gov. Winthrop
Boston was its hub
“Great Migration” of 1630s
Escape religious persecution
Only 20,000 Puritans come to MA

7. Characteristics of New Enlgand Settlements
Higher life expectancy
Babies errywhere
Patriarchy
Church was center

8. Rebels without a cause?

9. Roger Williams Argued about separation from C. of England
Wanted to fairly compensate natives
1635- EXILE!
Went to Rhode Island
Colony of squatters & dissenters
Remarkable religious freedoms in RI
Most lilberal colony

10. Anne Hutchinson Threatened patriarchy of church and gov’t
Gurl spoke in church, and argued with its leaders about role of women!
Antinomialism – obedience of religious law earns religious salvation
Argued predestination
EXILE!!!!!!!

11. Native Americans and New Englanders
Natives already affected by disease before arrival.
Womponoags (Squanto) cooperated with settlers
The Pequot Wars
1637 – Settlers and native allies obliterated Pequot
King Philip’s War
Metacom
–United natives, coordinated attacks
Frontier settlers flee to Boston
Final threat in New England from natives
Metacom beheaded & drawn and quartered

12. Wrap Up

13. Wrap Up
What are the factors behind the differences in the colonial regions? (North v. South)