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LEQ: What was the political, social and economic conditions of the Northern colonies?
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The Mayflower Compact
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Puritans Flee religious persecution in England
Want to purify Church of England
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Puritans vs Pilgrims Puritans- Still a part of the Church of England
Pilgrims-Puritans who had separated from the Church of England.
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Plymouth Colony Granted land by the Virginia Company
Location: harbor south of Boston
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“A City upon a hill” More Puritans will move to “New England”
Goal was to make $ and provide a refuge for Puritans
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Great Migration 20,000 English men and women came to New England.
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Let’s See It
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Roger Williams vs. John Winthrop
Page 54 of your textbook, read Counterpoints Separation of Church and State Answer the “Analyzing Primary Sources” question.
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Politics (early 1700s) Now under direct rule of the king
Relied on town government (town hall meetings)
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Society- Public Schools
1640s Massachusetts passed laws to set up schools for boys and girls Establishment of Harvard and Yale in the 1700s
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Society- Native American Relations
Pequot War- colonists and their Native allies attack Pequot Indians King Phillips War- Native Americans attack and destroy colonial towns (colonies fight back).
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Economic- Farming Due to soil and weather, most were subsistence farmers
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Economic- Natural Resources
Timber- a raw material sent to England
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Economic- Natural Resources
Coastal towns will be centers for shipbuilding
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Economic- Natural Resources
Fishing (esp. whales)
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Economics- Trade
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Now Let’s See it
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