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Chapter 3Section 2
New England Colonies
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Geography of New England
• Maine-not a separate colony (known at that time as part of Massachusetts)
• Vermont-not a separate colony (claimed by NH and NY)
• Massachusetts• New Hampshire• Rhode Island• Connecticut
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Advantages
• Long cold winters and short summers led to fewer diseases.
• Great fishing areas off the shores of New England.
• Rocky, thin soil is not very good for farming.
Disadvantage
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Puritans in Massachusetts Bay
• Wanted to reform the Church of England
• Were influential until King Charles I opposed them and persecuted them
• Led by John Winthrop• Came to America in
1630
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Puritans in Massachusetts Bay
• Largest town was Boston
• Puritan men elected a General Court and Governor
• NOT tolerant of non-Puritan ideas
Historical interpretation of man in stocks http://pioneervillagesalem.blogspot.com/2011/10/word-about-puritan-crime-and-punishment.html
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New Colonies• Roger Williams wanted to
completely separate from the Church of England. He was forced to leave Salem, Massachusetts.
• In 1636, he founded Rhode Island with land he bought from the Indians. RI became a safe place for other persecuted groups; it had separation of church and state.
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Anne Hutchinson’s Dissent
• Expelled from Massachusetts:– Taught men– Taught that God
spoke to her directly
– Said she could interpret scriptures
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Settling Connecticut• Thomas Hooker led
about 100 settlers from Massachusetts. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was a document that gave them an elected legislature and governor.
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Growth and Change
• Town meetings– Assembly to decide
local issues– Only male heads of
households– Encouraged growth
of democratic ideas
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New England Economy
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King Philip’s War
• Metacom, Chief of the Wampanoag Indians, led fighting against New England settlers.
• He was captured and killed after a year of the raiding.
King Philip was the name the English gave to Metacom.
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Puritan Influence Declines
• By the 1670’s, cities were growing, and merchants were becoming successful. A new generation was in place that was not so religiously strict.