New England Colonies

The Beginning of the 13 Colonies

Vocabulary (Religion)

Dissenteryou disagree with the Church of England

PersecutedMistreated those who rejected the Church

ToleranceThose who accepted different opinions

PilgrimThose who travelled to gain religious freedoms

Vocabulary (Religion)Puritans

Wanted to purify or reform the Church of England

ProtestantsCan serve God by faith alone, rather than by good works. Also states that the Bible is the final source of authority for all Christians

Est. by Martin Luther (Reformation)

HuguenotProtestant from France

QuakersProtestant dissenters. Believed that God could be known through an inner light. Believed that church services got in the way of the direct experience of God. Practiced that women were equals.

Vocabulary (Mercantilism)

Subsistence farmingProduced just enough for themselves and a little for trade

Navigation ActsAll goods had to be carried on English ships or ships made in the colonies

Tobacco, wood, and sugar could only be sold to England or the colonies

Imports to the colonies had to pass through English ports

All colonial goods not shipped to England were taxed

Vocabulary (Mercantilism)

Triangular Trade

Game

Dissenter PersecutedPilgrim

Huguenot ToleranceProtestant

Puritan Quaker

Subsistence Farming

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Connecticut

New Hampshire

New England

Massachusetts

Joint Stock CompanyMassachusetts Bay Company (1629)

Royal Charter created a royal colonyIssued by the monarchy for a colony to rule its self by appointed or elected officials

John Winthrop1st Governor of Massachusetts Bay

“We must be knit together in this

Work…We must delight in each other,

make others’ conditions our own and

rejoice together, mourn together,

labor and suffer together…For we

must consider that we shall be as a

City upon a Hill; the eyes of the people are on us.”

Founder

Mayflower Compact

Established the practice of self government and majority rule

The Compact says Virginia because they were to settle in Virginia and missed their mark

Can still be seen today in Washington DC

Rhode Island

Founder

Roger WilliamsLeft the Puritans as a dissenter and formed the colony of Rhode Island

Shocked Puritans by stating the following:

The colonists have no right to take the Native Americans land by force

No one should be force to attend church

Puritans should not impose their religious beliefs on others

Church and state should be kept separate

Anne HutchinsonAnother dissenter from Massachusetts Bay

She believed that many of the clergy were not among the “elite”– those chosen by God

Connecticut

Founder

Thomas Hookerwas a prominent Puritan religious and colonial leader, who founded the Colony of Connecticut after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts

The Fundamentals Orders of Connecticuto Thought to be the 1st written Constitution in Americao The Orders extended voting rights to non-church

members. This expanded representative government

Charter Oak

Connecticut's constitutional charter had been hidden within the hollow of the tree to thwart royal-ordered confiscation by English authority. This document is what earned

Connecticut its nickname as the

Constitution State, and the Charter Oak is

Commemorated on the Connecticut

State Quarter.

Game

Roger Williams Thomas Hooker

John Winthrop

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Mayflower Compact

Anne Hutchinson

Massachusetts Bay Company

Game

Roger Williams Thomas Hooker

John Winthrop

Fundamental Orders of ConnecticutMayflower Compact

Anne Hutchinson Massachusetts Bay Company

Dissenter Persecuted Pilgrim

Huguenot Tolerance Protestant

Puritan Quaker Subsistence Farming

Homework

Read pg. 68 and 74 of the text book and write a summary of the Mayflower voyage and Mayflower Compact. Describe the reasons for their voyage

Next read pg. 75 of the textbook and write a summary of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Finally compare or contrast The Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. What do they have in common or disagree on.

Due Friday September 30!