1. Puritans and Pilgrims US History Objectives:
**Discuss why the Massachusetts was founded the society the Puritans built there
**Describe why Roger Williams left the Massachusetts colony
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2. The Puritans Religious fanatics **faced anger in England/Europe
**seen as odd / outcasts

3. On To Plymouth Rock (Sept. 6, 1620- Nov. 11, 1620)
Came to America for religious freedom

4. The Mayflower Compact (November 11, 1620)
Signed during voyage
**pledge to form a Gov’t + obey laws

5. Pilgrims Struggle to Live
Winter 1620
**plague & hunger

6. Squanto (c.1580s??? – 1622) Local native **knew English
**taught Puritans how to farm / fish

7. Massachusetts Bay Colony (established 1629)
Premier New England colony
*Boston

8. The “Holy Commonwealth”
Church + State united
**taxes support church
**criminalize sins
**Puritan Work Ethic =
hard work + thrift

9. Democracy in Bloom Town Meetings
Athenian-style “direct democracy”
**adult males discuss town issues/laws

10. Roger Williams (1603-1683?) Said **NE should treat the Natives well
**hated forced religion
Expelled by Mass. leaders

11. Providence (Rhode Island) Colony (established 1636)
Williams formed own colony
**separated church & state

12. Salem Witch Trials (April 1692)
Hysteria
**Salem girls accuse several outcasts of being “witches”
**spread thru colony
**execution/jailing of many

13. Metacom (aka King Phillip) (1639-1676)
Leader of N.E. Native tribe
**refuse to honor Puritan “Sabbath”

14. King Phillip’s War (1675-1676) Natives v. Puritans
**bloody, savage war
**Natives lose + leave in mass from N. England)