Chapter 2
Section 4
New England Colonies
The Pilgrims
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Pilgrims left England
because of religious
conflict
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They were Puritans,
people who wanted to
purify the church of
Catholic rituals
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All Pilgrims were
Puritans, not all Puritans
were Pilgrims
Pilgrims tried the
Netherlands first, but
ultimately settled on
Virginia
Plymouth Colony
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The Pilgrims landed
in Massachusetts
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They created
Mayflower Compact.
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The Pilgrims faced
difficult conditions and
half of them died in the
first three months
American Indians, such
as Squanto, helped the
colonists survive
Massachusetts Bay Colony
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The founders of Mass.
Bay did not want to cut
all ties with England
They came to provide
other Christians with a
model of how a society
should be, “A city on a
hill”
Religious Dissent
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A minister named
Thomas Hooker founded
a colony in the
Connecticut Valley
There his settlers
adopted the
Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut, the world’s
first written constitution.
Anne Hutchinson
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Pilgrims fled England
to practice their own
religion
Puritans believed only
men should preach
She fled to Rhode
Island with her family
Rhode Island
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Founded by Roger
Williams
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Williams was banished
from Massachusetts for
believing Native
Americans should be
paid for their land
Pequot War
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The Puritans viewed
the NA’s as lazy
savages
War broke out
between Colonists and
the Pequot tribe
The Colonists
destroyed a village of
700 women and
children
Praying Towns
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Puritans offered
protection to NA’s who
agreed to move into a
town and accept
English life
King Phillip’s War
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A NA named Metacom,
called King Phillip by the
colonists, was accused
of leading a rebellion
Starvation and lack of
ammunition defeated the
NA’s, who lost most of
their land as a result
Chapter 2
Section 5
The Middle Colonies
NY and Dirty Jersey
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NYC was originally
called New
Amsterdam
People from all over
settled in NY, so there
was little allegiance to
the Dutch
New Joisey
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The English took the
colony without a shot
being fired
James, the Duke of
York, was named
proprietor of the colony.
Pennsylvania
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William Penn
acquired a land grant
from King Charles II
as payment for a debt
owed his father
Penn wanted to make
his colony a haven for
peace loving Quakers
Delaware
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The following year
the Duke of York
gave him Delaware
Diversity
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The Middle Colonies
developed an ethnic
and religious diversity
unmatched in the
colonies.
They proved that
political order could be
maintained without
uniformity.