Warm-Up 9/17)
• Please do 2 things before the bell:
1) Pick up the class notes and hole punch them
2) Be Awesome
*Don’t touch the laptops!!!!
New England Colonies
The New England Colonies
(color on your map!)
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Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
The Great
Migration
In 1629, the Massachusetts Bay
Company received a royal charter
to settle land in New England.
Puritans wanted to purify or
reform the Church of England,
because of this belief they will be
subject to much persecution
Between 1630 and 1640, Puritans
left England to escape bad
treatment by King James
During this period we will see an
estimated 20,000 Puritans leave
England.
Life in the colonies
Environment
Geography and Climate
• Hilly terrain, rocky soil, moderate summers and cold
winters
• Appalachian Mountains were barrier in west
• Primarily settled along rivers or coastline
What conclusions can we make about their agriculture?
Economy
• Diversified economy
• Trade, shipping, manufacturing,
fishing
Religious, Social and
Political Life
• Puritans ruled over New England colonies
• Mandatory church attendance
• Taught their beliefs and their society, which
emphasized duty, godliness, hard work, and
honesty.
Puritan Work Ethic
• They believed that God
required them to work long
and hard at their vocation.
• Helped contribute to the rapid
growth and success of the
New England colonies.
• All children were required to
learn to read, so they could
read the Bible.
Challenges to Puritan Leadership
Roger Williams • He opposed forced attendance at
church and opposed taking
Native American lands.
• He was forced out of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• He founded Rhode Island, which
guaranteed religious freedom
and separation of church and
state.
Anne Hutchinson –
• believed that person could worship God without the help of a
church, minister, or Bible.
• She conducted discussions in her home that challenged church
authority. She was brought to trial and forced to leave
Massachusetts.
• She fled to Rhode Island.
Thomas Hooker –
• In 1636 minister Thomas
Hooker and his followers
decided to leave
Massachusetts to help found
Connecticut.
• In 1639 Thomas Hooker
helped draft the
Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut.
• Promoted Popular
Sovereignty
Men who influenced the
development of
self government in the colonies
Charles de Montesquieu
• Philosopher of Enlightenment Period
• Believed in government by the people
John Locke
• Philosopher of Enlightenment Period
Promoted:
• Popular sovereignty
• Natural rights
• Separation of church and state
William Blackstone
• English jurists influenced common law of
America