VOCABSECTION 2-14

• PURITANS• KING PHILIPS WAR• HALF WAY COVENANT• SALEM WITCH TRIAL• MASSACHUSETTS CHARTER• ROGER WILLIAMS• RHODE ISLAND• MAYFLOWER COMPACT• ROYAL COLONY

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GEOGRAPHY

• The APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS was the physical boundary that determined the western boundary of the Middle and Southern colonies

NEW ENGLAND1. Massachusetts Bay Colony: settled by Puritans- purify

the Anglican Church2. Plymouth Colony: settled by Pilgrims: wanted to

SEPARATE from the C.O.E (Anglican Church)3. N.E. mostly settled by families 4. Puritans and Pilgrims were fleeing religious persecution

and seeking religious freedom5. Wanted a “City Upon a Hill”- wanted a utopian city that

would set an example for all to follow6. Others seeking the “glory of the new world.”:”7. Communities run through town meetings: voting rights:

white Puritan men8. Half-way covenant: original Puritans were dying off and

new members were granted a partial church membership

9. Royal colonies: controlled by King and run by governor

MASSACHUSETTS CHARTER

• Created in England to GIVE permission to settle in Massachusetts

• Pilgrims who settled in Massachusetts suffered a very harsh winter and the Native Americans helped them and in 1621 the first thanksgiving was celebrated.

• SO Why did it lose the charter?

**Economically advantageous for monarchy to take it over through mercantilism

– Monarchy was having to support the colonists b/c of wars with Native Americans

1620 MAYFLOWER COMPACT• The first efforts at self-

government were defined in the Mayflower Compact

• Established that all men who signed would follow the “Just and Equal” laws of the majority.

• Asserted that government derived its power from the people in the colony

• Implied local rule rather than rule by England

• Representative Government took form in Town Meetings

Massachusetts Bay Colony

• In 1684, because of unrest in the colony; Massachusetts lost its charter and became a Royal Colony

• 1691 The British Government established Massachusetts as a Royal Colony and set up a legislative Body – The Crown also abolished the rule that every

member had to be a member of the church

RHODE ISLAND

1. Roger Williams/ Ann Hutchinson

& religious dissenters

from Massachusetts

2. Tolerance

3. Respect for Natives(he wanted to pay them for the land)

4. Separation of

Religion & State

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Created by Thomas Hooker, who left Massachusetts because he did not agree with the Puritan Church

• This was the first form of Constitution in the New World – It stated that the powers of the government

came from the “Free consent of the people” and set limits on what the government could do

Northern colonies develop a predominately urban society

based on commerce and trade.

Commerce Grows in the North

A Diversified Economy• Cold winters, rocky soil restrict New

Englanders to small farms• Small farms with multiple crops• Diverse commercial economy develops

in New England

1692 SALEM WITCH TRIALS150+ colonists charged with witchcraft in MACAUSES: •religious fanaticism •Increase in population•Poor relations with Natives•Sexism RESULTS29 convicted19-20 hanged“frayed the soul of aMassachusetts community”

Land Disputes Continue…

• Native Americans saw land deals as temporary arrangements-to them no one owned the land

• Europeans saw them as one time agreements where the Native Am sold their land

KING PHILIP’S WAR1675-1676

1. Metacom, aka Philip, chief of the Wampanoag

2. Battle between Natives and English over land

3. Heavy losses by Natives resulted in the development of more English settlements in New England

MERCANTILISMEconomic Theory: the earth had a limited supply of wealth in the form of natural resources, especially gold and silver, therefore the best way to become a stronger nation was to acquire the most wealth.

MERCANTILISM inspired the British government to view its American colonies as sources of wealth

REVIEW• 1) What are the Southern Colonies?• 2) Which colony did the Puritans settle?• 3) Who primarily settled the New Eng colonies?

Why ?• 4) Who was allowed to vote at the New England

Town meetings? • 5)What was granted with a Half-way covenant?

BONUS: What are the 4 New England colonies?

1. The 1st New England colonies was founded by _________?2. The 1st NE colony was different than Jamestown because it was primarily settled by _______ and Jamestown was settled by _______3. How the 4 New England colonies.

5.How were communities operated? Who could not participate?

– 6.When new members were granted a partial church membership it is called a ________

– 7. What document asserted that government derived its power from the people in the colony?

– 8. What kind of economy developed in the north? Why?

• 9. Describe a royal colony