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Good morning, Scholars!• Grab a map from the back table.
• In your table of contents:
• Unit 2 ColonizationJamestown and RoanokeReligion in the Colonies
New England Colonies
Religion in the ColoniesReligion in the Colonies
Pilgrims– Separatists (wanted to break away
from the Church of England) group that wanted to settle as “a distinct body by themselves”
– Created the Mayflower Compact -1620
Puritans• Wanted to “purify” the Church of
England. • The church controlled every aspect
of life: town meetings, elected representatives, made laws• The Great Migration –
*1630’s and 1640’s*Came to the new world in hopes of
finding a better life
Quakers
• Believed that all people should live in peace and harmony.
• Wrote a constitution and established a legislature
New England ColoniesNew England Colonies
New England Colonies• Connecticut• New Hampshire• Massachusetts• Rhode Island
• Using the atlas, label these colonies on your map.
New England Colonies• Geography and Climate
– Long, cold winters– Rocky soil, not good for farming. – Positioned on the North Atlantic
Coast– Many forests and rivers
New England Colonies
• Economy (how they made their money)– Used the ocean as a source of food and
commerce (trade, economics)• Fishing, Whaling, Timber, Shipping, and Trade.
– Traded furs– Subsistence farming: small farms where
people grew just enough to feed themselves and their families… they did not sell their goods.
MassachusettsFreedom of Religion
– Boston had a major port for trade– Pilgrims
• Mayflower-1620– Puritans
• Emigrated to escape religious persecution • Established the Massachusetts Bay Colony
for a settlement involved in a more “purified” church.
• Also founded New Hampshire and Connecticut
Massachusetts Body of Liberties
•First Bill of Rights in North America•Only document at the time that gave
women rights•More freedom than other colonies as
long as you held the same religious beliefs as the leaders of the colony.
New Hampshire• Founded for Religious Purposes
Rhode Island“Rogue’s Island”•Freedom of Religion
– Roger Williams• First real democrat-believed people had the right to
create the government they wanted• Separation of church and state
– Anne Hutchison• Believed that God spoke directly to her and not
through the bible as everyone else believed• She and her followers were banished from
Massachussetts in 1638.• Crime was holding meeting to discuss sermons and
criticized ministers and their teaching.– Both were trying to find a more accepting place to live – The government was separate from church leadership
Connecticut– Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut•The first written constitution on North American soil. (Not all countries have a written constitution…England doesn’t.)
•Expanded the idea of representative government
•Extended voting rights to non-church members
•Established term limits
ClosingLook at the key for the thirteen colonies map. Label the map with the correct symbols for the New England colonies.
• What is the most important reason for the founding of the New England colonies and how does it effect the United States today?