1. Bellwork
7.Puritan Society had all of the following as a principle of its government except…
A. Theocracy
B. Town Meetings at the Church
C. The Mayflower Compact
D. Belief that one religion should control all aspects of life.
8.The Salem Witch Trials demonstrated which of the following…
A. That a Theocracy would work because the church was able to enforce all its laws to the people.
B. That town meetings should be the key center of all government.
C. That the Mayflower Compact should be used as a form of Self Government.
D. That a single church controlling the government is bad because it creates a bias towards religious teachings.
9.Which of the following statements can be supported by the excerpt?
“…do by these presents, solemnly and mutually in the Presence of GOD and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid; And by Virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the General good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.”
A. The people agree to follow the Puritan ideas.
B. These individuals agree to establish laws that are the general good of all the people.
C. That the government would be created as a Theocracy controlled by the Church.
D. The people of the colony agree to follow all rules established back in England.

2. The Puritan Dissenters
Thomas Hooker, Anne Hutchinson, and Roger Williams

3. Connecting the Dots Social/Cultural
Colony leaders enforced strict Puritan ways of life and laws.
People who did not follow Puritan ways were told to leave the colony. As a result of this, new colonies were founded in the region.
Salem Witch Trials- During the late 1600s Puritans of New England believed witchcraft was the devil’s work and put Puritan people in a panic.

4. Connecticut
Because Massachusetts was so rocky, people began looking for better farm land in the Connecticut River Valley.
Others began to come to the area for religious reasons.
The best known was Rev. Thomas Hooker.
Other people left MBC for other reasons other than religion.

5. Connecticut
Rev. Hooker had decided to leave Massachusetts Bay because he thought the Puritan leaders had become too strict.
He led a group of people from Massachusetts through the wilderness to the Connecticut River.
The group consisted of about sixty men, women and children as well as horses, cows and pigs.
His wife was too ill to walk so she was carried on a special horse drawn litter.
Thomas Hooker and his group founded the settlement of Hartford.
In 1636 Harford and the other earlier settlements united to become the Connecticut Colony.

6. Thomas Hooker John Winthrop
Connecticut
Thomas
Hooker
Of Connecticut
John
Winthrop
Of Massachusetts
Puritan minster
Dissatisfied in Massachusetts because he believed more power should be in the hands of more people.
Puritan minster
Authoritative
Believed only fellow Puritans should have a voice in government

7. Rhode Island
Roger Williams left England in 1631 and settled in Salem in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Soon after he became a minister. He was popular among the people and had many followers. He began to speak out against some Puritan ways. For example, he did not think it was fair for people to be punished if their beliefs were different from the Puritan leaders.
He stated his beliefs in his sermons at church and also in a letter he wrote to Governor Winthrop. He became very unpopular with other ministers and with the Governor. In 1635, the Puritan leaders voted to force him to leave the colony.
Roger Williams fled from Salem to an area known as Narragansett Bay. There he was helped by Narragansett Native Americans.
In 1636, many of his followers from Massachusetts Bay Colony left and joined Williams. He bought land from the Native Americans and began a settlement he called “Providence”. He set up a government that was based on the agreement of the settlers and religious freedom.
Discuss the reading and go back to the pictures.

8. Rhode Island Beliefs of Roger Williams:
Williams argued that the Puritan Church had too much power. He believed that the church and the government should be entirely separate. The beginning of the separation of Church and State.
Williams also believed in religious toleration. The willingness to let others practice their own beliefs.
In Puritan Massachusetts, non-Puritans were not allowed to worship freely.

9. The beginnings of two important American Ideals:
Rhode Island
The beginnings of two important American Ideals:
Freedom of Religion
Separation of Church and State

10. Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson was a woman in Puritan society that began to challenge many of its basic views.
She began to hold religious meetings in her home about religious practices, in which many people began to support.

11. Anne Hutchinson Continued…
She was arrested and charged with Heresy (spreading false teachings).
Hutchinson challenged the idea that only men should have a say within the church.
Furthermore, she also challenged the idea that people do not need the church to tell them how to view their faith.
She was kicked out of the colony and settled in Rhode Island.

12. Reflection
Looking at the three dissenters, what did each person believe and promote that is something that we have in our society/government today.
Honors:
Also pick the one that you believe is the most important for us today and explain why their idea or ideas are so important for us.