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MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY
1620
Puritans• Wanted to purify the Church of England• Were arrested and imprisoned for their beliefs
Roundhead
CavalierEnglish Civil War 1642 – 1646Roundheads (Puritans) winPuritans close all theaters, changed Church of England, forced religious beliefs on all English (somber clothing and behavior)
KING CHARLES I1625 - 1649
Granted charterSon of James I
1649 – beheaded after English Civil War for treason
• More educated• Wealthier • Arrived in time to
plant crops• Migrated in family
groups
Compared to the Separatists
Prospered: Healthy climate, good water and plentiful land
Massachusetts Bay Company received charter
JOHN WINTHROP
• Puritan lawyer• Led Puritans out
of England• Elected
governor
March 30, 1630
1000 Puritans left EnglandPassengers on the Mayflower102
GREAT MIGRATION
Name given to the exodus of the Puritans• By 1640 there were 10,000 people in
Massachusetts Bay Colony
“We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us.”
- John Winthrop
1631 – All adult male members of the church were given the right to vote
1641 – Est. political freedom with a representative form of government
PERMITTED NO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM1691 – MA Bay Colony & Plimoth unite as one colony thru charter granted by King William and Queen Mary.• Became colony of Massachusetts• Puritans ruled
Puritan Laws• VERY strict• Written in blue
covered books and called “Blue Laws”
BLUE LAWS• “No one shall run on the Sabbath, or walk in his
garden/elsewhere, except reverently to and from meeting.”
• “No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep house, cut hair/shave on the Sabbath Day.”
• “No woman shall kiss her child on the Sabbath Day/fasting day.”
• “No one shall read Common Prayer, keep Christmas/Saints Day, make minced pies, dance, play cards, play any musical instrument except the drum, trumpet and Jew’s Harp.”
Pillory
Stocks
Whipping Post
Mandatory attendanceChurch enforced rulesTithing Men – 10 familiesLunch Comfort: no heat, hard benches
Reverend Samuel Parris
Daughter Elizabeth “Betty” - 9
Niece Abigail Williams - 11
Ann Putnam – 12 Daughter of the most powerful man in town
Salem Village 1692
SALEM WITCH TRIALS• 28 people were convicted of being witches• 5 confessed and were spared• 2 escaped• 1 pregnant woman was pardoned• 19 Witches (women) were hung• Giles Corey was suffocated
under rocks• 5 died in prison
WHY?
• Strong belief in witchcraft?• Smallpox epidemic?• Threat of Native attack?• Factions among citizens?
• Contaminated food?Ergot fungus: hallucinations, delusions, death