Roark et al., The American Promise 5e, Online Study Guide, Chapter Outline
1
Step One—Read the Chapter and Take Notes As You Go
This outline reflects the major headings and subheadings in this chapter of your textbook. Use it
to take notes as you read each section of the chapter. In your notes, try to restate the main idea of
each section.
CHAPTER 4: THE NORTHERN COLONIES IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, 1601–
1700
I. Puritans and the Settlement of New England
A. Puritan Origins: The English Reformation
1. Henry VIII and the English Reformation
2. Puritans
3. Waxing and Waning of Protestantism in England
B. The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony
Roark et al., The American Promise 5e, Online Study Guide, Chapter Outline
1. Pilgrims
2. William Bradford
3. Mayflower Compact
4. Plymouth settlement
C. The Founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony
1. Massachusetts Bay Company
2. John Winthrop
2
Roark et al., The American Promise 5e, Online Study Guide, Chapter Outline
3. Early New England
II. The Evolution of New England Society
A. Church, Covenant, and Conformity
1. Puritan Protestantism
2. Church
3. Strict moral laws
B. Government by Puritans for Puritanism
1. General Court
3
Roark et al., The American Promise 5e, Online Study Guide, Chapter Outline
2. Freemen and “inhabitants”
3. “Town meeting”
4. Land distribution
C. The Splintering of Puritanism
1. Different visions of godliness
2. Roger Williams
3. Anne Hutchinson
4. Thomas Hooker
4
Roark et al., The American Promise 5e, Online Study Guide, Chapter Outline
D. Religious Controversies and Economic Changes
1. Puritan Revolution slows immigration to New England
2. New England’s economy
3. Puritanism is challenged
III. The Founding of the Middle Colonies
A. From New Netherland to New York
1. Dutch East India Company and Henry Hudson
2. New Netherland
5
Roark et al., The American Promise 5e, Online Study Guide, Chapter Outline
B. New Jersey and Pennsylvania
1. Duke of York subdivides his grant
2. William Penn
C. Toleration and Diversity in Pennsylvania
1. English Quakers flock to Pennsylvania
2. Ethnic diversity
3. Peace with the Indians
4. Religiously tolerant
6
Roark et al., The American Promise 5e, Online Study Guide, Chapter Outline
5. Evolution of local government
IV. The Colonies and the English Empire
A. Royal Regulation of Colonial Trade
1. Navigation Acts
2. Colonial commerce regulated by royal supervision
B. King Philip’s War and the Consolidation of Royal Authority
1. Monarchy seeks greater control over colonies
2. King Philip’s War
7
Roark et al., The American Promise 5e, Online Study Guide, Chapter Outline
3. Dominion of New England
4. Threats from New France
8