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NEW ENGLAND
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NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
MASSACHUSETTS NEW HAMPSHIRE CONNECTICUT RHODE ISLAND
The next group of British to arrive in the New World
Came for religious freedom Came to escape persecution Wanted to separate themselves
from the Church of England Landed at Plymouth Rock
PLYMOUTH ROCK
PILGRIMS
LANDED AT PLYMOUTH ROCK SIGNED THE MAYFLOWER
COMPACT BEFORE THEY GOT OFF THE BOAT.
AGREEMENT FOR SELF-GOVERNMENT--TO LIVE IN A COVENANT COMMUNITY- BY GOD’S LAWS.
The Mayflower Compact
November 11, 1620
The Mayflower Compact
November 11, 1620
The Mayflower Compact
November 11, 1620
The Mayflower Compact
November 11, 1620Written and signed before the Pilgrims disembarked from the ship.
Not a constitution, but an agreement to form a crude govt. and submit to majority rule.
Signed by 41 adult males.
Led to adult male settlers meeting in assemblies to make laws in town meetings.
10 YEARS LATER
A SECOND GROUP ARRIVED: FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM TO PURIFY THE CHURCH OF
ENGLAND SETTLED IN MASSACHUSETTS
PURITANS
Separatists
Separatists
vs. vs.
PuritansPuritans
PURITAN SOCIETY
EVERYTHING REVOLVED AROUND RELIGION AND THE CHURCH
STRICT LAWS TOWN MEETINGS ONLY CHURCH MEMBERS COULD
VOTE THE CURCH WAS CALLED THE
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
IN PURITAN NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY
THE MOST POWERFUL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY WERE CHURCH MEMBERS
ENTIRE FAMILIES CAME TO THE NEW WORLD
STABLE SOCIETY
NOT A PURITAN? GET OUT!
EVEN THOUGH THE PURITANS CAME TO THE NEW WORLD FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM---THEY DID NOT WANT OTHERS TO HAVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM!
PURITANS HAD NO TOLERATION FOR OTHER RELIGIONS!
DISSENTERS
NOT EVERYONE THOUGHT THAT THE PURITANS WERE RIGHT.
PEOPLE WHO DISAGREED WITH THEM WERE CALLED DISSENTERS.
ONE DISSENTER WAS ROGER WILLIAMS. THE PURITANS DID NOT LIKE WILLIAMS.
ROGER WILLIAMS
WILLIAMS CAUSED SO MUCH CONTROVERSY THAT THE PURITANS WANTED HIM GONE!
HE ESCAPED MASSACHUSETTS AND WENT TO LIVE WITH THE INDIANS- HE STARTED HIS OWN COLONY….RHODE ISLAND.
DISSENTERROGER WILLIAMSFOUNDER OFRHODE ISLAND
ECONOMY
BECAUSE OF THE LONG WINTERS AND ROCKY SOIL, PLANTATION AGRICULTURE WAS NOT POSSIBLE IN NEW ENGLAND COLONIES.
SO NO PLANTATIONS----THEREFORE THEY DID NOT NEED SLAVES!
TO MAKE MONEY
THE PEOPLE OF NEW ENGLAND USED WHAT THEY HAD…
THEY USED THE TREES TO BUILD HOUSES, AND SHIPS.
THEY USED THE SHIPS TO
SMALL FARMS (SUBSISTENCE) SHIPBUILDING FISHING AND CARRYING STUFF ON SHIPS
FOR OTHER PEOPLE- THAT’S HOW NEW ENGLAND
COLONISTS MADE A LIVING!