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Make sure you have your settlement chart
O P T I C
VERVIEW WHAT IS THIS A PICTURE OF?
A
C
ARTS WHAT IS IN SECTION A? B? C? D?
ITLE CREATE A NAME FOR THE PICTURE.
NFERENCES WHAT DOES THIS PICTURE LEAD YOU TO
BELIEVE? WHERE? WHEN? WHO IS THIS?
ONCLUSION WHAT DOES THIS PICTURE TELL US? WHY IS
IT IMPORTANT?
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D
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The English Settle in the North
IV.

• BEGINNINGS OF PURITANISM
• PLYMOUTH
• MASSACHUSETTS BAY
• DISSENTION CAUSES NEW COLONIES

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A. Northern Southern colonists shared a common
language and allegiance to England, but they had
different patterns of settlement, different
economies, and different political systems.
NORTH
SOUTH
ECONOMIC MOTIVE (TOBACCO) MOSTLY SINGLE MEN RULED
BY COMPANY
RELIGIOUS MOTIVES MOSTLY FAMILIES RULED BY
RELIGIOUS IDEAS
LANGUAGE ALLEGIANCE TO ENGLAND
MASS BAY AND NEW ENGLAND SETTLEMENTS
JAMESTOWN AND VA SETTLEMENTS
Promise of wealth (tobacco) brought settlers to
the south, but it was religion that motivated the
earliest settlements to the north
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WHY DID THEY WANT TO LEAVE ENGLAND?

• Martin Luther (1517, Wittenberg) declared BIBLE
  only source of Gods wordREFORMATION!
• John Calvins theology dominates in New England.
  God all knowing, all powerful, and all
  good man corrupt, weak, and wicked.
• Ideas are hitting England when King Henry VIII
  breaks ties to the Catholic Church (1530)

Doctrine of ELECT/PREDESTINATION You had to be a
visible saint
Henry wanted to divorce his wife Catherine and
marry Anne Boleyn (he needed a son) He formed the
Church of England (Anglican Church) and made
himself head of the Church
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Not everyone liked Henrys new church
Puritans-wanted purification of the new church--
A small group known as separatists left England
(went to Holland) and sought a settlement in the
New World.
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B. When they made the journey, they became known
as Pilgrims

• Negotiate w/ Virginia Company sail on
  MAYFLOWER
• Traveled 65 Days, arrive off-course (1620)
• Only half of 102 are actually separatists.
• Did not originally land at Plymouth Rock. Tried
  several places before settling outside the
  jurisdiction of VA company.
• Before leaving ship, draw up MAYFLOWER COMPACT

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MAYFLOWER COMPACT
-agreement to form government and submit to
will of majority -signed by 41 men -step to
self-government -swear allegiance to KING
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-First year,44 of 102 survive -No one wants to
return to England (Mayflower goes
back) -Next fall celebrate first
thanksgiving-focus on fur, fish, and
lumber Never great numbers/wealth First
settlement motivated primarily by religious
reasons.
SQUANTO (spoke English) worked out peace treaty
with local natives. Eventually this peace would
be forgotten and war would break out
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C. THE BAY COLONY (Puritans among us)
-More moderate Puritans sought to reform the
church from within -(1629) Felt they were no
longer safe in England (Charles I dismissed
Parliament). -Got a charter from the
Massachusetts Bay Company.
1630 The Great Migration 11 ships, nearly 1000
immigrants John Winthrop first governor
Prospered through fur, fishing, and ship
building. Biggest and most influential New
England settlement.
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CITY ON A HILL
Wanted to build a perfect society, one that all
could look to as an example Believed they had a
covenant with God
-Adult male church members FREEMEN -Only
FREEMEN vote (2/5 population) -All pay taxes,
have to attend church
Believed God called men to their profession
developed the PROTESTANT WORK ETHIC
PREACHING FOCUSED ON DAMNATION AND HELLS FIRE
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D. SOME PEOPLE WOULD DISSENT AND THE COLONY
WOULD SPREAD
THOMAS HOOKER
ROGER WILLIAMS
ANNE HUTCHINSON
-MOTHER OF 14 -TAUGHT ANTINOMIANISM -TEACHINGS
CALLED HERESY -TRIAL 1638, OVERSEEN BY
WINTHROP -BANISHED, SHE LEFT FOR RHODE ISLAND
-MINISTER -FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT
-HELPED BY FRIENDLY INDIANS WHEN HE LEFT FOR
RHODE ISLAND IN 1636 (PROVIDENCE) -RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE FIRST BAPTIST/ TAUGHT ANTINOMIANISM
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CREATE YOUR OWN MAYFLOWER COMPACT...

• FORM A GROUP OF NO MORE THAN 4.
• CREATE YOUR OWN DOCUMENT SWEARING ALLEGIANCE
  (KEEP IT CLEAN!).
• PICK SOMEONE TO SHARE WITH THE CLASS.

"In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are
underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread
Sovereign Lord, King James, by the Grace of God,
of England, France and Ireland, King, Defender of
the Faith, e. Having undertaken for the Glory of
God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and
the Honour of our King and Country, a voyage to
plant the first colony in the northern parts of
Virginia do by these presents, solemnly and
mutually in the Presence of God and one of
another, covenant and combine ourselves together
into a civil Body Politick, for our better
Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the
Ends aforesaid And by Virtue hereof to enact,
constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws,
Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from
time to time, as shall be thought most meet and
convenient for the General good of the Colony
unto which we promise all due submission and
obedience. In Witness whereof we have hereunto
subscribed our names at Cape Cod the eleventh of
November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord,
King James of England, France and Ireland, the
eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth.
Anno Domini, 1620."