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Religion in the Colonies
US History II
Frustration with Anglican Church
• English Separatists thought church too Catholic
• Traditions, church not seen as necessary to have communion with God
• Persecution for beliefs
Charter Granted
• King allows charter for new colonies in New World
• Religious Reasons
• Pilgrims, Massachusetts, 1620
The Mayflower Compact
• First written constitution in America
• Written onboard Mayflower in 1620
• Provided government based on Biblical principles
Squanto/Massasoit
• Natives who assisted Pilgrims
• Moved into Pilgrim houses and befriended them
• First Thanksgiving
Mass Migration
• Pilgrims’ success sparks Puritan invasion
Who Were the Puritans?
• Wanted a “pure” church free of worldly influence: separate from the world
• Protestant Work Ethic
• Unsure of eternal destination; important to always work hard
• Fearful of the devil
Puritans’ Talking Points
• Money and church not needed for access to God
• Bible as ultimate source for living
• “Pure” church needed
A New, “Pure” Church
• Conversion important
• Reject worldliness of society
• Puritans limited to MA
• Religious Tolerance: None
Life in the Puritan Colony
• Protestant work ethic
• Shunning if one rebelled/challenged traditions
• Constant fear of devil
Puritans, cont.
• Saw themselves as a “city on a hill”
• Example for everyone else on how to live
• Successful Puritan colony would guarantee prosperity, God-based society in future
• Duty to spread
Puritan Life
• Separate from other cultures/religions
• No religious tolerance; Puritan way or the highway
Puritan Persecution
• Persecuted non-believers
• Their way of keeping the church, Massachusetts, and New World pure
Quakers
• Society of “Friends”
• Believed that God loved all people no matter what
• Called for peace, tolerance, abolition of slavery
• Church not seen as necessary
Quakers, cont.
• Settled in Pennsylvania; named after William Penn’s father
• Quickly made peace with natives and gave up land if necessary
• Walking Treaty
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