1. Chapter 3- Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700
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Chapter 3- Settling the Northern Colonies,

2. TYPES OF ENGLISH COLONIES
Corporate
Virginia started as one (Virginia Company)
Royal
Virginia became one after the Virginia Company lost their charter in 1625
Proprietary
Examples include:
Pennsylvania (the king repaid a debt to William Penn)
Maryland (given by the king to George Calvert)

3. Puritanism Wanted to purify the Church of England Characterized by
The “elect”
Predestination
Anti-Catholicism

4. SEPARATISTS
Puritans who believed only “visible saints” [those who could demonstrate in front of their fellow Puritans their elect status] should be admitted to church membership.
Because the Church of England enrolled all the king’s subjects, Separatists felt they had to share churches with the “damned.”
Therefore, they believed in a total break from the Church of England.

5. Founders of massachuSsets
In Englishmen in Holland (half of them Separatists) negotiated with the Virginia Company for permission to settle on their lands
Winds pushed them north out of the Company’s territory
Landed in 1620 at Plymouth Rock
Drew up the _____ _____ to help govern their colony.
(Mayflower Compact)
Colony growth was small; Plymouth was annexed later by MA

6. Massachusetts bay colony
Established by Puritans led by John Winthrop in 1630
Colony dominated by very conservative religious beliefs and practices
“Town meetings” took place for self-government in town meeting house (church)
Family-centered organization, long life spans

7. PURITAN THEOLOGY “Covenant of Grace”: “Social Covenant”:
between Puritan communities and God.
“Social Covenant”:
Between members of Puritan communities with each other.
Required mutual watchfulness.
No toleration of deviance or disorder.
No privacy.

8. Dominance of Religion- MA
Quakerism was illegal in MA; Mary Dyer was hanged for defying the ban after 4 arrests
Church membership and attendance were mandatory; services lasted the majority of the day on Sunday
Single people were especially watched.

9. The great migration In 1630 alone, 17 ships sailed for MA
From , 200 ships carried approx. 21,200 colonists to MA
Source for shipping data: Burk, Kathleen. Old World, New World. Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, NY, 2008, p. 50
Source for image: Accessed August 19, 2008.

10. Growth of new england colonies

11. Growth of new england colonies

12. Challenges to puritan authority
Source for Anne Hutchinson image: The History of Cambridge 3. Years of Thomas Shepard Online. Accessed August 19, 2008.

13. Other new england colonies
Rhode Island
MA offshoot; Roger Williams est. Baptist church in 1638 in Providence
Connecticut
Most settlers English or Dutch.
Fundamental Orders of CT drawn in 1639 establishing form of democratic rule.

14. Other new england colonies
Maine
Part of MBC until 1820
New Hampshire
Part of MBC from until separated by the king.

15. relations with the native tribes
Varied with colonies
“Praying towns”
Pequot War( in MA)
King Philip’s War ( in much of New England)
Source for Image: Accessed August 19, 2008.

16. Early efforts to unite New England Confederation
Established by the colonists of MBC, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven,
Dominion of New England
Established by the Crown,

17. Population of new england, 1620-1750

18. The first two “middle colonies”
New Netherlands (New York)
New Sweden (Delaware)
Image Source: Accessed August 19, 2008.

19. pennsylvania 29M acres granted by Charles II to William Penn
Haven for Quakers
Also welcomed other faiths, including Jews
Decent relationship with Native Americans
Image Source:

20. New jersey King gave land to his brother.
Brother gave land to his friends.
Friends tried to make a few bucks.
People immigrated from New England, but bought land from the Native Americans.

21. Middle colonies summary
“Bread colonies”
Networked by rivers
Lumber and shipbuilding industries
Moderate land ownership sizes (except NY)
More variety of ethnicities
More religious toleration
Land easier to acquire (except NY)