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AP US History

AP US History. Puritans, Pilgrims, Separatists, and Dissenters. Church of England. Aka the A nglican Church Founded in 1534 by King Henry VIII King tried to divorce his first wife (Catherine of Aragaon ) but the Pope refused to dissolve the marriage

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AP US History

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  1. AP US History Puritans, Pilgrims, Separatists, and Dissenters

  2. Church of England • Aka the Anglican Church • Founded in 1534 by King Henry VIII • King tried to divorce his first wife (Catherine of Aragaon) but the Pope refused to dissolve the marriage • The King, angry, broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and created the Church of England • The Anglican Church remained similar to the Catholic Church and Puritans protested

  3. Puritans • Encouraged by the teachings of John Calvin, the Puritans sought to “purify” the Anglican Church by ridding it of ceremony (like the Catholic Church) • Believed that they needed to remain in the Church to stand as examples and purify it from within • Once the Puritans left England for N. America, they no longer remained active in the Church of England • Known for work ethic and moral “compass”

  4. Pilgrims • Known as separatists • Believed they had to leave the Church of England to escape a life they did not believe in • First group set out in 1620 aboard the Mayflower for Virginia • Pilgrims set sail having agreed to work for 7 years for the Virginia Company in exchange for a share of the profits • Ship landed at Plymouth Bay and 1st govt. document drafted was Mayflower Compact (separation of church and state, rule of the majority  current democratic principles)

  5. Nonseparatists • Next wave of Puritans arriving in New England in 1629 • Came due to oppression and persecution by English crown • While in England believed they had to remain within the Church of England to reform it • This wave called “Great Migration” of 1630s (MA Bay Colony) • Most famous governor was John Winthrop (City on a Hill) • Only males allowed to vote, only members of Congregational Church allowed to participate in religious ceremony

  6. Dissenters • Anne Hutchinson: believed in antinomianism, that God’s chosen people did not have to obey God’s or man’s laws because they were already in God’s record as predestined to enter Heaven • She was banished from MA Bay Colony after claiming to receive direct revelation from God • Roger Williams: believed the colonists had no right to live on Native American land, advocated a complete separation of church and state, also banished from MA Bay Colony (later founded Providence)

  7. Salem Witch Trials • 1692 a group of young girls in Salem, MA began acting strangely after hearing tales of voodoo from their West Indian servant • Girls then began to accuse older, wealthy members of the community of witchcraft, leading to mass hysteria in Salem and other areas • 20 people were executed and the prestige of traditional Puritan clergy was damaged beyond repair

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