1. Life in Puritan Society and Dissenters

2. Life in Puritan Society
Church was center of society
Men had all the power
Town Meetings used to make decisions/laws
Strict w/ punishment
High literacy rates

3. Roger Williams
Dissenter – didn’t agree with the religious principles of the Puritans
Did not like the Puritan intolerance of other religions
Though colonists should pay Natives for land
Banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony
Founds colony of Rhode Island

4. Rhode Island = Roger Williams

5. The Puritan Church Life revolved around the Puritan Church
Church attendance was mandatory
Predestination- God has already decided whether you are going to Heaven or Hell
Halfway Covenant- attempt to increase church membership

6. Anne Hutchison Dissenter- didn’t agree with Puritan strict punishment
Arrested for heresy and banished