The Settlementof New England

Entry Task On a piece of paper…. 1. You are a Pilgrim, packing to leave for the

New World. What do you bring with you? State the purpose for each of your items.

Example: I would bring an Ax so I could use it to chop wood and for self defense.

You can only pack 6 Items. Food is already packed

Separatists vs. Puritans Wanted to split

from the Church of England

Believed the King should not be the head of the Church

Settled at Plymouth

Wanted to change the Church of England

Believed the King should not be the head of the Church

Settled in Massachusetts

CalvinismPredestination.

•Good works could not save those predestined for hell.•No one could be certain of their spiritual status. •Gnawing doubts led to constantly seeking signs of “conversion.”

Separatist Beliefs: (don’t have to take notes) Puritans who believed only “visible saints” [those who could demonstrate in front of their fellow Puritans their elect status] should be admitted to church membership.

Because the Church of England enrolled all the king’s subjects, Separatists felt they had to share churches with the “damned.”

Therefore, they believed in a total break from the Church of England

Puritans Chase Away Father Christmas [1652]

The Mayflower Became squatters without legal right to land &

specific authority to establish a govt. Negotiated with the

Virginia Company to settle in its jurisdiction.

Non-Separatists included Captain Myles Standish.

Plymouth Bay way outside the domain of the Virginia Company.1620 a group of 102 people [half Separatists]

The Mayflower Compact

November 11, 1620Written and signed before the Pilgrims disembarked from the ship.Not a constitution, but an agreement to form a crude govt. and submit to majority rule.

Signed by 41 adult males.

That First Year….Winter of 1620-1621 Nearly Half died

None chose to leave in 1621 when the Mayflower sailed back.Fall of 1621 First “Thanksgiving.”

Colony survived with fur [especially beaver], fish, and lumber.

Plymouth stayed small and economically unimportant.

1691 only 7,000 people Merged with Massachusetts

Bay Colony.

Native Americans A Native American named

Samoset walked into their settlement Spoke broken English Introduced them to Squanto

Squanto had lived in Europe Taught the Pilgrims how to

fertilize using fish in the soil.

The Great Migration Puritans left England due to

religious persecution 40,000 left to join the New

England colonist Formed the Massachusetts Bay

Colony Included the Pilgrim’s colony

New England Economy Common Jobs

Merchant Fishing Shipbuilding Skilled Craftspeople

Expectations for group work Everyone contributes Students can work in any group Noise and disruptions are kept to a

minimum All voices are heard

What does it look like?

Group Presentation Work together to solidify your work for

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