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New England

New England. Ch 2 Sec 3. Plymouth- The Mayflower. Separatists- want to separate from the Church of England Move to Holland. Afraid children losing English heritage, so sail for America Sail on the Mayflower Before leaving ship, write and sign Mayflower Compact- agreement to follow laws

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New England

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  1. New England Ch 2 Sec 3

  2. Plymouth- The Mayflower • Separatists- want to separate from the Church of England • Move to Holland. • Afraid children losing English heritage, so sail for America • Sail on the Mayflower • Before leaving ship, write and sign Mayflower Compact- agreement to follow laws • Settled in Plymouth, near Massachusetts Bay.

  3. Plymouth Colony • Face early hardships • Helped by Native American- Squanto

  4. Massachusetts- City on a Hill • John Winthrop- wealthy English Puritan • Owns stock in Massachusetts Bay Company • Believes Puritans need to leave Eng. • Wants new colony to be an example • Start several towns, capital- Boston • Within 13 years, 20,000 settlers immigrate (Great Migration)

  5. Church & State • Colonial government supported the Puritan church • Everyone required to attend and tithe • Government regulated behavior • Anyone who spoke out against the government or church was charged with heresy & banished

  6. Rhode Island- Providence • Roger Williams- strict Separatist • Condemned all Anglicans, including Puritans • Said King had no right to take Native American land • 1633- banished from Massachusetts • Went south and started town of Providence • Practiced religious tolerance

  7. Anne Hutchinson • Strict Puritan • Formed prayer group that compared ministers • Claimed God told her which ministers were saved & which were not • Banished as a heretic • Moved to Portsmouth

  8. Rhode Island Founded • 1644- Providence, Portsmouth and other towns form Rhode Island • Called for religious freedom & separation of church & state

  9. Connecticut- Fundamental Orders • Thomas Hooker- asked Massachusetts to move his congregation • Wanted more land • Thought everyone should vote, not just Puritans • Moved to Connecticut River and founded Hartford • Written constitution- Fundamental order of Connecticut • Gave all males the right to vote

  10. Pequot War • 1636- 2 traders killed in Native American territory • MA send troops • Starts Pequot War • Other Native Americans turn on Pequot • Most Pequot killed

  11. King Philip’s War- Metacomet After Pequot war, Native American/colonists relations are good • By 1670s, colonists try to make Naïve Americans more English • 1675- Plymouth tries & executes 3 Wampanoag for murder • Local Wampanoag attack colony • Lead by Metacomet, also called King Phillip

  12. Metacomet • Metacomet killed in 1676 • By 1678, Native Americans are defeated • New England is completely controlled by colonists

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