chapter 2 section 4 new england colonies. the pilgrims pilgrims left england because of religious...
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Chapter 2Section 4
New England Colonies
The Pilgrims
Pilgrims left England because of religious conflict
They were Puritans, people who wanted to purify the church of Catholic rituals
All Pilgrims were Puritans, not all Puritans were Pilgrims
Pilgrims tried the Netherlands first, but ultimately settled on Virginia
Plymouth Colony The Pilgrims landed
in Massachusetts
They created Mayflower Compact.
The Pilgrims faced difficult conditions and half of them died in the first three months
American Indians, such as Squanto, helped the colonists survive
Massachusetts Bay Colony The founders of Mass.
Bay did not want to cut all ties with England
They came to provide other Christians with a model of how a society should be, “A city on a hill”
Religious Dissent A minister named
Thomas Hooker founded a colony in the Connecticut Valley
There his settlers adopted the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the world’s first written constitution.
Anne Hutchinson Pilgrims fled England
to practice their own religion
Puritans believed only men should preach
She fled to Rhode Island with her family
Rhode Island Founded by Roger
Williams
Williams was banished from Massachusetts for believing Native Americans should be paid for their land
Pequot War The Puritans viewed
the NA’s as lazy savages
War broke out between Colonists and the Pequot tribe
The Colonists destroyed a village of 700 women and children
Praying Towns Puritans offered
protection to NA’s who agreed to move into a town and accept English life
King Phillip’s War A NA named Metacom,
called King Phillip by the colonists, was accused of leading a rebellion
Starvation and lack of ammunition defeated the NA’s, who lost most of their land as a result
Chapter 2Section 5
The Middle Colonies
NY and Dirty Jersey NYC was originally
called New Amsterdam
People from all over settled in NY, so there was little allegiance to the Dutch
New Joisey The English took the
colony without a shot being fired
James, the Duke of York, was named proprietor of the colony.
Pennsylvania William Penn
acquired a land grant from King Charles II as payment for a debt owed his father
Penn wanted to make his colony a haven for peace loving Quakers
Delaware The following year
the Duke of York gave him Delaware
Diversity The Middle Colonies
developed an ethnic and religious diversity unmatched in the colonies.
They proved that political order could be maintained without uniformity.