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New EnglandPuritans & Pilgrims
Puritans vs. Pilgrims
• Puritans – purify Anglican Church–Congregationalist–Conversions–Simplicity
Puritans vs. Pilgrims
• Pilgrims Separatists • Didn’t believe church could be fixed
• Migration– Holland– America
The Pilgrims (1620)
• Mayflower– Pilgrims <50% of ship, also
adventurers & sailors
• Intended for VA
• Mayflower Compact
This is NOT Plymouth Rock
This is NOT Plymouth Rock
This is Plymouth Rock
MA Bay Co. (1630)
• Joint Stock Co – John Winthrop–“City on a Hill”
• Capital – Boston–Later absorbed Plymouth
Massachusetts Bay Co.
• No separation of church & state–Harsh criminal laws –Restrictive voting–Bans on other religious groups
Great Migration
• Religious persecution
• Many Puritans (20,000) came to NE
• Led by Winthrop (1630s)
Puritan dissidents
• Roger Williams–Land acquisition–Religious freedom–Banished RI
Puritan dissidents
• Anne Hutchinson–Antinomianism–Trial / Banishment (1636-38)–Went to RI
Puritan dissidents
• Thomas Hooker– Universal Christian suffrage– Banished CT
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut• 1st written constitution in America
New Hampshire
• Founded by King Charles II (1679)– royal control–Buffer vs. French– population – often run
by MA (same governor)
New England Confederation
• Military alliance–vs. Natives / Dutch–King Philip’s War
• Influence of English Civil War
Native Resistance• Pequot War (1638)
• MA/Narragansetts vs. Pequots
• Massacre of Pequots
• Narragansett reaction
Native Resistance• King Philip’s War (1675-1676)
• Metacomet – “King Philip”
• Heavy casualties – 25% of colony• Worst % for any American war
Native Resistance
• Results• Metacomet• Natives in NE• Relationship with king• American identity