1. Northern colonies/new england

2. Puritans Rejection of Catholic authority
Focus on independent congregations
Truth comes from the Bible
Liberty = being able to worship how they want
Emphasis on male authority over the family and servants
Pilgrims = Puritan Separatists

3. Pilgrims and the plymouth colony
Puritan Separatists
They promise to follow “just and equal laws” under the Mayflower Compact
The first winter is difficult and they survive with help from Squanto and Native Americans

4. Massachusetts bay colony
Gain charter in 1629
Most people arriving come in families
Seeking religious freedom and economic opportunity
Focus on education and local government
Society organized according to hierarchy

5. Rhode Island Tolerance was not a Puritan quality
Roger Williams criticized Puritan authority
Rhode Island established by Williams in 1636
Rhode Island focused on religious freedom and democratic government

6. Connecticut
Reverend Thomas Hooker leads Puritan settlers and establishes the town of Hartford in 1636
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut is the first written constitution in American history
Ruled by a representative government

7. New england economy Major Exports: Fish and Timber
Focused on an alliance between business and religion
Farms are mostly family owned
Merchants and traders become very powerful
Puritan Ethic: focus on hard work and commercial success

8. Tobacco

9. Slavery grows in importance because of cash crops

10. Formerly a dutch colony

11. A Colony granted to lord calvert as a proprietorship

12. Economy focused on merchant trade

13. Colony granted to william penn as a proprietorship

14. Colony established by puritan separatists

15. Economy focused heavily on fish and timber

16. Colony experienced a period of peace after the marriage of john rolfe and pocahontas

17. Colony granted to 8 proprietors in 1663 by Charles ii

18. Colony influenced by the puritan ethic

19. Colony created by james oglethorpe for debtors and poor people

20. CREATE AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR A COLONY
Pick ONE colony we talked about (ANY region)
Create an ad for that colony encouraging settlers to live in that colony
Must include:
Drawing of that colony
Other pictures
Mention the economy of the colony
What the colonist can do there (job, religious freedom, etc)