New England Colonies
The Beginning of the 13 Colonies
Vocabulary (Religion)
Dissenter
you disagree with the Church of England
Persecuted
Mistreated those who rejected the Church
Tolerance
Those who accepted different opinions
Pilgrim
Those who travelled to gain religious freedoms
Vocabulary (Religion)
Puritans
Wanted to purify or reform the Church of England
Protestants
Can 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)
Huguenot
Protestant from France
Quakers
Protestant 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 farming
Produced just enough for themselves and a little for trade
Navigation Acts
All 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
Persecuted
Huguenot
Tolerance
Puritan
Pilgrim
Protestant
Quaker
Subsistence Farming
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Joint Stock Company
Massachusetts Bay Company (1629)
Royal Charter created a royal colony
Issued by the monarchy for a colony to rule its self by
appointed or elected officials
Founder
John Winthrop
1st 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.”
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 Williams
Left 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 Hutchinson
Another dissenter from Massachusetts Bay
She believed that many of the clergy were not among the
“elite”– those chosen by God
Connecticut
Founder
Thomas Hooker
was a prominent Puritan religious and colonial leader,
who founded the Colony of Connecticut after
dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts
The Fundamentals Orders of
Connecticut
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Thought to be the 1st written Constitution in America
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
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Roger Williams
Thomas Hooker
John Winthrop
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut Mayflower Compact
Anne Hutchinson
Dissenter
Huguenot
Puritan
Massachusetts Bay Company
Persecuted
Tolerance
Quaker
Pilgrim
Protestant
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!