Upload
bennett-lewis
View
230
Download
2
Tags:
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
The Northern Colonies
Religious Disagreement in England
* King Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church in 1534 and formed the Anglican church.*Puritans: Wanted to “purify” the Anglican church in England and get rid of Catholic influences in it.
*Separatists: Left the Anglican church and formed their own groups. Today we call this group Pilgrims.
Pilgrims → Plymouth * The Pilgrims fled from England to escape Religious persecution *Came on the Mayflower, a ship that carried 100 men, women, and children.*Plymouth was founded in 1620
A Conservative Bunch
*Ministers were a big deal in the New England Colonies and were held in respect as a source of both religious and educational instruction.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Great Migration: *Fleeing religious persecutions, political repression, and poor economic conditions in England, 17,000 people came to America 20 years after the Pilgrims settled Plymouth. *Mass. Bay Colony founded in 1630 by John Winthrop.
No “Starving Time”
*Mass Bay does pretty well for itself. There are more people, they have more supplies, and they don’t starve to death, cannibalize anyone, or eat shoes.
*Make their capital in Boston and eventually join with the Plymouth Colony.
*But it’s still a theocracy…….
Discuss
*How were the people who came to Massachusetts different from the people who settled in Virginia?
VS
Rhode Island
*Founded by Roger Williams in 1636 *Williams started out in Mass. but the Puritans tried to send him back to England for his controversial views.
Heretics
* Williams had two main opinions that the Puritans disagreed with:
1. Settlers in the Americas should pay the Native Americans for their land.
2. People should have the freedom to worship as they choose*Anne Hutchinson was also considered a heretic by the Puritans for believing people could learn about God on their own without ministers.
Perks of Living in RI
*Two Guarantees of Living in Rhode Island:
* Separation of Church and State (So, NOT a theocracy)
*Religious Freedom
Pennsylvania
* Founded by William Penn in 1681* Penn was a Quaker. Quakers:
*Believed everyone was equal
*Believed in freedom of Religion
*Pacifists (anti-violence and war) *In Pennsylvania, every man was given 50 acres of land and could vote. There was also a representative assembly.
“City of Brotherly Love”
*Philadelphia the capital of Pennsylvania*William Penn paid the Native Americans for the land, and for 50 years the Pennsylvania Colony had no conflict with the Native Americans.
Discuss
*How do Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay differ from Rhode Island and Pennsylvania in terms of Religious toleration?
….Native Americans?
*How do Plymouth and Mass. Bay differ from Rhode Island and Pennsylvania in terms of relations with the Native Americans?