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NEW ENGLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
BAY COLONY
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Jamestown
1607
Plymouth
1620
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Jamestown
1607
Plymouth
1620
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PILGRIM v. PURITAN
What’s the Difference?
Pilgrims: People who made a “pilgrimage” to
the New World. They were the 1st to arrive in
Massachusetts.
Puritans: People who wanted to
“purify” the Church of
England. They arrived after the
Pilgrims.
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WHY DID THEY COME TO AMERICA?
The Pilgrims, and later the Puritans,
were both looking for a place to practice
their religion without government
control.
People who challenged the Church of
England were persecuted. By settling in
Massachusetts, the Pilgrims and Puritans
each hoped to find religious freedom.
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THE PILGRIMS The Pilgrims traveled
aboard the Mayflower.
The Pilgrims were blown off course, and they landed in
Massachusetts instead of the Hudson River.
They named the landing site Plymouth.
November 1620
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Replica
of the
Mayflower
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THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT
Because the Pilgrims landed in the wrong place, their charter
did not apply.
The men signed an agreement in which they would obey laws for
the good of the colony.
This established the idea of self-government and the concept of
majority rule.
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LIFE AT PLYMOUTH
Like at Jamestown, many colonists starved the first winter.
The Indians taught the Pilgrims how to farm and survive in the
wilderness.
The Thanksgiving celebration of 1621 honors the friendship
between the Indians and the Pilgrims.
Squanto is the most famous of the Indians who helped the
Pilgrims as they struggled to survive.
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First Thanksgiving
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THE PURITANS
During the Great Migration of the 1630s and 1640s, close to
20,000 Puritans left England for New England.
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THE NEW ENGLAND WAY
John Winthrop was the Puritan governor of the colony.
He stated that the colony would be a community where people work
together for the good of the whole colony.
Massachusetts would be a “city upon a hill” ----a model for the
world.
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The Puritan church was
the dominant feature in
any Puritan town.
The Bible was the guide
book for religious as well
as political matters.
There was no separation
of church and state.
THE NEW ENGLAND WAY
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PROBLEMS WITHIN THE COLONY
Not everyone agreed
with the Puritan
church’s complete
control over the colony.
Roger Williams and
Anne Hutchinson were
two Puritans who were
expelled for challenging
church leaders.
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CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PURITANS
Freedom of religion, separation of church and state, and the
right to freely criticize the government all come from the good and
bad experiences of the Massachusetts colonists.
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The Puritans set up additional colonies such as Rhode Island,
New Hampshire, and Connecticut.
In Connecticut, the Puritans adopted the Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut-----the first written constitution in America.
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PURITANS
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The Puritans
established schools
for their children
and built some of
the oldest
universities in
America such as
Harvard.
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PURITANS
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House of Burgesses
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Mayflower Compact
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Fundamental Orders of
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(1639 Connecticut)
Self-govt.
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