1. New England Colonies Freedom of Religion
8.1.spi.4 Compare and contrast the tenets of America's Early major religions.
8.1.spi.5 Identify how religion contributed to early American society.

2. Bellwork
What is the message of the following quotation?

3. How did religious tolerance and intolerance shape New England??
New England Colonies
John Winthrop
Pilgrims
Mayflower Compact
Puritans
Great Migration
Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Quakers
How did religious tolerance and intolerance shape New England??
Causes
Effects

4. A peek at England
A group of Protestants fled England to practice religion as they saw fit.
First went to Holland.
Then moved to America.
Why was Holland their first destination?

5. Change in name
When this group moved to America, they were called Pilgrims.
Came across the Atlantic on the Mayflower.
click on
the map

6. Mayflower Compact
Since the Pilgrims landed north of where they intended, they were not under the Virginia Charter.
They made their own rules: The Mayflower Compact.
Important because it shows that settlers were interested in self-governance.

7. Location
Why did Boston
become the most
important port
in New England?

8. First Pilgrims, then Puritans
Two different groups with different ideas
Pilgrims wanted to separate from the Church of England.
Puritans wanted to fix it.
Both tried to do so in North America.

9. Boom Massachusetts Bay Company - 1629
Royal charter to start a colony and self- govern.
11 ships carrying 1,000 Puritans founded Boston. 20,000 people immigrated in the decade that followed. Great Migration

10. Location

11. The New England Way Puritans were very devoted and conservative.
Values:
hard work
education
representative government

12. Modern Day Connection
Boston today remains one of the most educated cities in the United States.

13. Diaspora
From Massachusetts, other colonies were formed from people who disagreed with Puritan values.
Founder
Colony
Roger Williams - believed that Puritans were too strict
Rhode Island
Anne Hutchinson - spoke out against Puritans
John Wheelwright
New Hampshire
Thomas Hooker
Connecticut - Fundamental Orders

14. Tolerance / Intolerance

15. Intolerance A new group emerged: Quakers
Did not believe in Puritan hierarchy
Believed in direct experience with God
Allowed women to serve as ministers
Were banished, then executed by Puritan governments.

16. Independent time Classwork:
3-circle venn diagram comparing Pilgrims, Puritans, and Quakers
Journal entry:
How did Massachusetts affect the development of New England?
Homework:
Questions on pages 74 and 75