Roark • Johnson • Cohen • Stage • Hartmann • Lawson
The American Promise:
A History of the United States
Fourth Edition
CHAPTER 4
The Northern Colonies
in the Seventeenth Century:
1601–1700
Copyright © 2009 by Bedford/St. Martin’s
Puritan Origins: The English Reformation
Puritans and the Settlement
of New England
• The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony
• The Founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Evolution of New England Society
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Church, Covenant, and Conformity
Government by Puritans for Puritanism
The Splintering of Puritanism
Religious Controversies and Economic Changes
The Founding of the Middle Colonies
• From New Netherland to New York
• New Jersey and Pennsylvania
• Toleration and Diversity in Pennsylvania
The Colonies and the English Empire
• Royal Regulation of Colonial Trade
• King Philip’s War and the Consolidation of Royal Authority
Chapter 4
The Northern Colonies in the Seventeenth
Century: 1601–1700
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Map 4.1 New England Colonies in the Seventeenth Century (p. 109)
Map 4.2 Middle Colonies in the Seventeenth Century (p. 120)
Map 4.3 American Colonies at the End of the Seventeenth Century (p. 126)
Figure 4.1 Population of the English North American Colonies in the
Seventeenth Century (p. 118)
Seal of Massachusetts Bay Colony (p. 108)
The Puritan Challenge to the Status Quo (p. 113)
Sabbath Breakers (p. 114)