Early Colonies

Nasty Settlers

With winter coming closer the pilgrims grew uncertain of where their food would come from.

They began ransacking the food stores of Indians, the colonists also raided the houses of the few Indians who had survived the plague, as well as robbing Indian graves.

Plymouth settlers

Plymouth was the site of the colony founded in 1620 by the Pilgrims, passengers of the famous ship the Mayflower.

Prior to the arrival of the Pilgrims, the location of Plymouth was a village of 2,000 Native Americans.

Plymouth was established by Anglicans and English separatists who had broken away from the Church of England.

Today, these settlers are much better known as "Pilgrims", a term coined by William Bradford.

Massachusetts Bay Colony

In 1630 a group of Puritans formed the Massachusetts Bay Company to receive a royal charter to form a colony.

This was the Puritans’ chance to create a new society in America, it would be based on the Bible.

John Winthrop became the colony’s first governor.

Over 15,000 Puritans journeyed to the colony to escape religious persecution and economic gain. This is known as the “Great Migration.”

Problems in the Mass Bay Colony

John Winthrop and his assistants made the first laws for the colony. Settlers demanded a larger role in the government,

which began the first elected assemblyThe Puritans came to America to put their

religious beliefs into practice. They had little toleration for people who held other religious views. The lack of religious tolerance led to the creations of

new colonies

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Anne Hutchinson

Fled from England in 1633 for Massachusetts with her husband William and their 11 children.

Ultimately came to America for religious freedom.When she arrived she found that the Bay Colony

religious rules were intolerant.Started holding meetings in her house which

opposite ideas than the Bay Colony.The colony was split into 2, half believing that

Hutchinson could communicate directly with God (Inward Light) and the other half believing in ministers

Anne Hutchinson

Hutchinson’s crimes was expressing beliefs that were different from the colony’s rulers. In the year 1637, in Massachusetts Bay Colony, that was against the law, especially for a woman.

In 1637 the ministers of the colony discovered 82 opinions Hutchinson’s had made that were illegal at the time.

They called for her followers to trial, convicting and punishing those who stood by her.

In 1638 Hutchinson left the colony to live in Rhode Island.

Mary Dyer

Mary Dyer

Mary was an English Puritan turned Quaker. In late 1634, the Dyers emigrated to

Massachusetts.In 1637, the Dyers became open supporters

of Anne Hutchinson, who preached that God "spoke directly to individuals" rather than only through the clergy.

Mary Dyer

After being kicked out of Plymouth, The Dyers ultimately settled in Newport, Rhode Island.

Mary was dissatisfied with Rhode Island life, and traveled to England in 1650, where she joined the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) after hearing the preaching of its founder, George Fox.

Her 1657 return to New England was ill-timed; John Endicott had succeeded Winthrop as Governor in 1649, and was far more intolerant of religious dissension.

Mary Dyer

When Mary's ship landed in Boston, she was immediately arrested.

Her husband secured her release nearly three months later, on account of his prominent social status in Rhode Island, on the condition that William "give his honor" that Mary would never return to Massachusetts.

Although Mary did go back to Massachusetts numerous times and was arrested.

On her third trip back she was caught, arrested, and hung to death.