Puritans

Church of England

Pilgrims

Separatists

Puritans

Church of England: • Everyone required to join

• Wanted to “purify” the Church of England by changing it.

• Group of Puritans. The only way to “purify” the Church of England was to “separate” from it and try again.

• Group of Separatists. The best way to “separate” from the Church of England was to come to New World.

Puritans• Puritans are harassed by King Charles and the Church

and flee England in 1630• They wanted to “purify” the Church of it’s Catholic

practices• New England: King granted the Puritans a charter to

settle well north of Virginia in a new colony. Pilgrims set sail in 1620.

• Massachusetts Bay Colony: First colony in New England, where the Pilgrims land.

• Covenant: An agreement between two sides (the most serious kind)

Mayflower

What lessons did the Puritans draw from Jamestown?

1. Charter2. Joint-Stock Company3. Brought lots of supplies4. Settled on farmland5. Covenant with God6. Covenant with Each Other: Mayflower

Compact7. Covenant with Natives: Wampanoag Treaty

Lessons #1-2

1) Charter• Charter: Permission slip from

the King to settle in the New World.

• Puritans couldn’t get along with the King of England, they moved to the New World.

• The Puritans get religious freedom

• The King still gets taxes and gets rid of the Puritans

2) Joint-Stock Company• Joint-Stock Company: A

company owned by all Puritans coming to the New World.

• This company helps Puritans buy ships, supplies, and recruit colonists to move to the New World.

• Wouldn’t moving be easier if you owned your own U-Haul business?

Lessons #3-4• Lesson 3: Brought lots of

supplies– Puritans came to settle as

farmers, so they brought equipment and supplies to help provide for themselves in the New World.

• Lesson 4: Settled on farmland– The Pilgrims settled on

farmland, not in a swamp.

Lesson 5: Covenant with God• Puritans strongly supported

the idea that church and government should work together to promote spiritual holiness and business success

• Puritans had the opportunity to create their own society, so why not fulfill their covenant with God by using government?

Lesson 6: Covenant with Each Other• Mayflower Compact: an

agreement written aboard the Mayflower.

• The Puritans and Businessmen to run the colonies of New England by coming together to make decisions.

• Roots of Democracy!– Constitution: written plan of

government– Voting: coming together to make

decisions– Majority Rule: If over half of votes

say so, then it’s the law

Political Development of Massachusetts Bay Colony

• The Puritans held town meetings were men met to make laws and discussed community issues

• Only male church members could vote on issues and elect their representatives

• Those that could vote in local government are called “freemen”

Pilgrim Leadership• William Bradford, 1st governor of Plymouth

proclaims Natives are “savage and brutish men”

• Miles Standish, a soldier will attack enemies of Wampanoag and placed Native heads on pikes

• Pilgrims begin to live on Native lands and live in Indian homes left empty because of diseases and warfare

Early Troubles• Pilgrims go through their own

‘Starving Time” minus cannibalism

• Indians will help them learn about planting crops under the condition that Pilgrims protect them from their enemies

• This is why there is a famous first Thanksgiving in the fall of 1621

Lesson 7: Covenant with Native Americans

Thanksgiving, 1621 Wampanoag Treaty:• Also known as the “Thanksgiving

Treaty.”• Puritans signed a peace and trade

agreement with the local Native American tribe, the Wampanoag

• Natives taught the Puritans to plant corn and traded goods

• The treaty was celebrated with a feast, which is the inspiration for the modern U.S. tradition of ThanksgivingIt was called Thanksgiving because the Pilgrims

were thankful that peace with the Wampanoagand a successful harvest would prevent another Starving Time.

• With Natives they at first learned how to agricultural techniques and learn how to farm corn, beans, pumpkins, and potatoes

• Puritans trade items like: blankets, iron pots, metal tipped arrows and guns

• Puritans concentrated on livestock which needed open fields to graze and desired Native land