New England Colonies

The Beginning of the 13 Colonies

Vocabulary (Religion)Dissenter

you disagree with the Church of England

PersecutedMistreated those who rejected the Church

ToleranceThose who accepted different opinions

PilgrimThose who travelled to gain religious freedoms

Vocabulary (Religion)Puritans

Wanted to purify or reform the Church of England

ProtestantsCan serve God by faith alone, rather than by good works. Also states that the Bible is the final source of authority for all Christians

Est. by Martin Luther (Reformation)

HuguenotProtestant from France

QuakersProtestant dissenters. Believed that God could be known through an inner light. Believed that church services got in the way of the direct experience of God. Practiced that women were equals.

Vocabulary (Mercantilism)

Subsistence farmingProduced just enough for themselves and a little for trade

Navigation ActsAll goods had to be carried on English ships or ships made in the coloniesTobacco, wood, and sugar could only be sold to England or the coloniesImports to the colonies had to pass through English portsAll colonial goods not shipped to England were taxed

Vocabulary (Mercantilism)

Triangular Trade

GameDissenter Persecuted

PilgrimHuguenot Tolerance

ProtestantPuritan Quaker

Subsistence Farming

MassachusettsRhode IslandConnecticutNew Hampshire

New England

MassachusettsJoint Stock Company

Massachusetts Bay Company (1629)

Royal Charter created a royal colonyIssued by the monarchy for a colony to rule its self by appointed or elected officials

John Winthrop1st Governor of Massachusetts Bay

“We must be knit together in thisWork…We must delight in each other, make others’ conditions our own and rejoice together, mourn together, labor and suffer together…For we must consider that we shall be as aCity upon a Hill; the eyes of the people are on us.”

Founder

Mayflower CompactEstablished the practice of self government and majority ruleThe Compact says Virginia because they were to settle in Virginia and missed their markCan still be seen today in Washington DC

Rhode Island

FounderRoger Williams

Left the Puritans as a dissenter and formed the colony of Rhode IslandShocked Puritans by stating the following:

The colonists have no right to take the Native Americans land by forceNo one should be force to attend churchPuritans should not impose their religious beliefs on othersChurch and state should be kept separate

Anne HutchinsonAnother dissenter from Massachusetts BayShe believed that many of the clergy were not among the “elite”– those chosen by God

Connecticut

FounderThomas Hooker

was a prominent Puritan religious and colonial leader, who founded the Colony of Connecticut after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts

The Fundamentals Orders of Connecticuto Thought to be the 1st written Constitution in Americao The Orders extended voting rights to non-church

members. This expanded representative government

Charter OakConnecticut's constitutional charter had been hidden within the hollow of the tree to thwart royal-ordered confiscation by English authority. This document is what earned Connecticut its nickname as the Constitution State, and the Charter Oak is Commemorated on the ConnecticutState Quarter.

GameRoger Williams Thomas Hooker

John WinthropFundamental Orders of Connecticut

Mayflower CompactAnne Hutchinson

Massachusetts Bay Company

GameRoger Williams Thomas Hooker

John WinthropFundamental Orders of Connecticut Mayflower

CompactAnne Hutchinson Massachusetts Bay Company

Dissenter Persecuted PilgrimHuguenot Tolerance Protestant

Puritan Quaker Subsistence Farming

HomeworkRead pg. 68 and 74 of the text book and write a summary of the Mayflower voyage and Mayflower Compact. Describe the reasons for their voyage Next read pg. 75 of the textbook and write a summary of the Fundamental Orders of ConnecticutFinally compare or contrast The Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. What do they have in common or disagree on.

Due Friday September 30!