Early Attempts at Colonial Cooperation

Mayflower Compact 1620

Religious dissenters on ship Mayflower, Company of Merchant Adventurers of London

outside the jurisdiction of the Virginia charter anchored at Cape Cod

Separatists vs. Strangers"would use their own liberty; for none had power to command them”

temporary, legally-binding form of self-government until such time as the Company could get formal permission

Mayflower Compact 1620

Loyal Subjects of our dread Soveraign Lord King James

glory of God, and advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our K[i]ng and Countrey

plant the first Colony in the Northern parts of Virginia

for our better ordering and preservation

Mayflower Compact 1620

do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Officers

for the general good of the Colony

we promise all due submission and obedience

we have hereunto subscribed our Names at Cape Cod

Not Rhode Island

PurposeUnite against a common enemy

InvolvedMassachusettsConnecticut, but not Rhode Island

Democratic Growth

Indian WarsPequot War, 1644King Philip’s War, 1675

Confederation dissolved once wars ended

New England Confederation 1643

The Pequot Wars

1636-1637

The Pequot Wars

1636-1637

Massasoit’s son, Metacom (King

Phillip) formed Indian alliance – attacked

throughout New England, especially

frontier

English towns were attacked and burned -unknown numbers of

Indians died

1676: War ended, Metacom executed,

lasting defeat for Indians

King Philip’s War

Forced by King James II

•New England colonies and New Jersey and New York

•GoalsRestrict colonial tradeDefend coloniesStop colonial smuggling

Dominion of New England 1686

•English control over colonies•Eliminated town meetings, the press and schools•Taxed without the consent of the governed

•Collapsed after the Glorious Revolution

Dominion of New England 1686

Albany Plan 1754•Intercolonial conference held at Albany, NY

Delegates from colonies, Britain, and Iroquois

•Called by English Board of Trade to deal with:

Grievances of the Iroquois against the coloniesPresence of hostile French forces in the west

Albany Plan 1754•Albany Plan for Union (Benjamin Franklin)

Proposed a colonial assembly to:

Manage defense and Indian affairs, pass laws and raise taxes

Chief executive appointed by King of England