Bell Work
 What are some common traits of the southern
colonies?
This Day in History:
September 20, 1863- Confederates defeat Union troops at the Battle of Chickamauga in
northern Georgia.
September 20, 1519- Ferdinand Magellan sets sail for Spain in an attempt to find a
western route to Asia.
September 20, 1881- Chester Arthur becomes the third president to serve in one year.
September 20, 1806- The returning Lewis and Clark reach the first white settlement on
the Missouri River.
September 20, 1878- Upton Sinclair is born.
The Pilgrims in New
England
The Puritans
 During the Protestant Reformation
Henry VIII split with the Roman
Catholic Church and created the
Church of England. However, the
church differed little from the
Catholic Church.
 Puritans were members of the
Church of England who wanted to
restore the church to its original
purity.
 Pilgrims were a radical minority of
the Puritans that wanted to
separate from the Church of
England.
The Pilgrims leave England
 In 1608, the Pilgrims decided to move to the Netherlands in
order to practice their religion freely.
 The Pilgrims found religious freedom in the Netherlands but
they did not like that their children were learning the Dutch
language and culture and forgetting English customs.
 In 1617 they decided to travel to America so they returned
to England and formed a joint-stock and were granted
permission to settle in Virginia.
The Mayflower Sails to America
 On September 16, 1620
the Mayflower left
England with 102
passengers.
 Of the 102 passengers on
board, only 35 were
Pilgrims.
 The journey lasted 65
days and remarkably only
one passenger died and
one baby was born en
route.
The Mayflower Compact
 After some preliminary surveys the passengers aboard the Mayflower chose
Plymouth Bay as their site.
 Before disembarking, the Pilgrims drew up and signed the Mayflower
Compact because they were outside the jurisdiction of the Virginia colony.
 The document was a simple agreement to form a crude government and to
submit to the will of the majority under the regulations agreed upon.
 Promising step toward genuine self-government.
Plymouth Bay Colony
 During the winter of 1620-1621 only 44 out of 102
settlers survived.
 In March of 1621, Samoset, an Indian, walked into
Plymouth Colony. He introduced them to a Patuxet
Indian named Squanto who helped them grow their
crops and taught them fertilizer techniques.
 By the autumn of 1621 the Plymouth community was
thriving and they held their first Thanksgiving that year.
Mayflower Compact Assignment
 Imagine a planet has been discovered that can support
human life and your group has been sent there to
establish a colony.
 Establish laws that will govern how the people on this
planet will interact with each other. Establish a system
of government, an economy, etc.
Reading Quiz on Monday
 Chapter 3.2, pages 78-84