Meiosis. Do Now Silently and Independently complete your re- loop warm-up.
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Warm Up (Silently being completed at the bell)
Complete the True/False section of the handout “The Seventeenth Century Family”
Religious Conflict Breaks
• “Predestination”– People are sinful. – “Protestant Work Ethic.”
• Did not like the Church of England
• 2 GroupsPuritans/Pilgrams
The Puritans vs. the Pilgrims
• Puritans wanted to reform (“purify”) Church of England.
• Pilgrims were Separatists.– Wanted to break from
Church of England – King James I forced
Separatists out.
The Pilgrims End Their Pilgrimage at Plymouth
• First moved to Holland• Wanted a place with English
traditions and freedom of Religion
• Worked with Virginia Company; set sail on the Mayflower.
• Originally to Virginia, but arrived in New England (1620)
Life for the Pilgrims
• Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact– First form of self-government in New England. – 1st Winter: 44 out of the 102 were still alive. – William Bradford elected Gov. [30 yrs]– 1691merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony.
The Bay Colony: Bible Commonwealth
• Puritans given a royal charter in 1629 Became Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• Charter brought to Americaserved as a constitution.
• 11,000 Puritans
• John Winthrop, was elected for 19 years.
Early Democracy in the Bay
• Franchise (right to vote) quickly given to “freemen.”– Freemen were adult men who were members of the
congregation (Congregational Church). – Non-church member men, and ALL women, excluding
from voting. – Belief that the common man was not able to vote wisely.– Wanted to merge church and state
Dissent in the Bay• Anne Hutchinson:
challenged predestination.• Trial 1638, claimed to
receive revelations from God
• BanishedRhode Island (ref to as the “Sewer Colony” chartered 1644)
• Killed by Indians
Dissent in the Bay (Cont.)
• Roger Williams– Questioning the Bay
Colony charter’s legality.– Questioning dealings with
the Indians.– Questioning whether the
church could run people’s lives and the government.
• 1635: banished for “new & dangerous opinions.”
New England Spreads Out
• New colony founded in Hartford, Connecticut in 1635.
• Reverend Thomas Hooker quickly led a group into Connecticut.
• Motivation is farming• 1639, Connecticut settlers
drew up the “Fundamental Orders”
Conflicts with the Native Americas
• In 1637, relations deteriorated when the Pequot War erupted.
• More and more English settlers moved in. • War broke out when whites wiped out a Pequot• The Pequots were nearly wiped out as a tribe.
White—Indians relations had turned for the worse and would largely stay that way.
King Philip’s War
• In 1675,Metacom (called King Philip) attempted to unite local Indian tribes.
• Metacom attacked English villages, usually on the frontier.
• Lasted two years• Beheaded
Seeds of Colonial Unity and Independence
• 1643: New England Confederation was set up. – It consisted of 4 colonies and held the main goal
of defense. – The colonies were Puritan only– The confederation was weak but a large step
toward American unity.
Andros Promotes the First American Revolution
• 1686, Dominion of New England created – to strengthen colonial defense against the
Indians– to regain control by England over America by
enforcing the Navigation Acts. • The Navigation Acts limited American trade to
with the British Empire exclusively. • Resultant, smuggling flourished.
• Sir Edmund Andros headed the Dominion. – He established headquarters in the “trouble-
area” of Boston. – He was openly associated with the Church of
England
Elimination of the Dominion
• Massachusetts gained a new charter• With the new charter, all male property
owners could vote, not church members exclusively.
• This was a step for democracy, but a step backward for the “Bible Commonwealth.”
Complete the Colony Matrix