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1607-1763
Unit 1Part 3
The New England Colonies
Remember James I gave out 2 charters in 1606
The First was to the London Co. which settled Jamestown
The Second charter was given to the Plymouth Co (Later to be called the Council of NE) which was to make settlements in the northern region of “Virginia”
Remember, at first it was ALL Virginia
The Pilgrims v The Puritans
Puritans were people who wanted to PURIFY the Anglican Church (the Church of England)
In England they wanted separation of church and state
Pilgrims were sometimes called Separatists because they had given up on purifying the Anglican Church and had separated from it.
Pilgrims v Puritans There were only 35 Pilgrims who
came over on the Mayflower in 1620. They were supposed to settle in the Southern region under the jurisdiction of the London Co.
BUT the voyage was rough. December storms blew the way off
course and they ended up in Cape Cod Bay in Mass.
The Pilgrims: Background
After the death of Elizabeth I, religious dissenters were increasingly persecuted
Many found refuge in the Netherlands
The Dutch were very tolerant. This is partly why they had such success in trade
No one in the Netherlands was persecuted for religious reasons BUT there WERE problems for the transplanted Puritans and Pilgrims
Problems in the Netherlands
Since all religions were tolerated, the Pilgrims and Puritans were surrounded by infidels!
Foreigners could find work in the Netherlands but the good-paying jobs were reserved for Dutch citizens
English children were growing up Dutch!
The Scrooby Group 35 Pilgrims who had traveled from
Scrooby to the Netherlands got permission from the London Co. to settle in the Southern region
They shared the ship, The Mayflower, with 67 others who the Pilgrims called Strangers
The Pilgrims The December seas were rough and
they were blown off course and ended up in the jurisdicion of the Plymouth Co.
All aboard signed the Mayflower Compact before they got off the ship
An agreement to abide by the laws that they would all make together…a recognition of their interdependence
The Plymouth Plantation The Pilgrims DID get permission to
stay in Plymouth Pilgrims were met by Squanto and
Samoset who had had contact with John Smith earlier and spoke English
Rough first winter. ½ died Were later aided by the natives:
what to eat, how to hunt, etc. = Thanksgiving
The Plymouth Plantation Governor Bradford Elected 30 times Wrote The History of the Plymouth
Plantation
Settlement grew slowly After 10 years the population of 300
shared one plow between them Was eventually swallowed up by the
Puritans
The Puritans “The great migration of the 17th
century” refers to the migration of thousands of Puritans to the New World
In 1630 Puritans on 17 ships with 1000 (families and their servants) sailed to the New World
Settled in the Boston-Salem area Was called the Mass. Bay Co.
The Mass. Bay Co. Their first governor: Winthrop Goal: to build A City on a Hill A model Christian community for all
the world to see…a utopia
Established a theocracy Industrious, prosperous By 1640 10,000 settlers
Big interest in Education Puritan belief: Everyone should be
able to read the Bible
1636 Harvard established to train ministers
1647 Mass. General School Act: communities taxed to support free public schools
Critics were ousted 1635 Thomas Hooker wanted
separation of Church and state Was ousted 1636 established Hartford Hartford and nearby communities
drew up a constitution The Fundamental Orders of Conn.:
first written constitution that really worked. Provided for 3 branches of government
More Critics 1636 Roger Williams also wanted
separation of Church and state AND suggested that the land they were occupying rightfully belonged to the Indians
Was banished and founded Rhode Island
Plantation Agreement at Providence (constitution)
RI was first for religious freedom
Ann Hutchinson Was also a critic but a woman and
did not object to theocracy
Said only members of the elect should hold civil office
The Elect: those who had had a revelation of some sort and were sure of salvation
Anne Hutchinson Belief was that the Age of Revelation
had passed BUT Hutchinson claimed to have
had a revelation! (A mere woman!) Was tried for heresy and banished
(was pregnant) She was killed by Native Americans
in NY in 1643 One of her followers founded New
Hampshire
New England Confederation
Native Americans were a problem for all
New England Confederation was an organization of different New England communities for defense against the Indians
1692 Salem Witch Trials Hanged: 19 people and two dogs Pressed: 1 Giles Corey
Hysteria Girls and family slave Ergot? A mold growing on rye
having hallucinogenic effects
In Europe 500,000 killed between 15th and 17th
centuries
In the colonies: no more deaths but trials in Va. In 1706 and NC in 1712
The Dominion of New England
King James II revoked charters of all colonies N. and E. of Penn and organized them into one Royal Colony: The Dominion of NE
Royal Governor was Andros
The Dominion ended with Wm and Mary 1689
The Toleration Act of 1689
Ended religious persecution Granted freedom of worship to all
but Catholics and Unitarians
Did NOT establish religious equality BUT Church attendance no longer
required for voting
The Half-Way Covenant The Puritans believed that the Age
of Revelation had passed
How to keep Church membership?
The Half-way Covenant: Allowed the children of persons of good character to be baptized into the Church
The Three Regionsof the English Colonies
New England: Mass. Conn., RI, NH
Mid-Atlantic: NY, NJ, Penn, Delaware
Southern: VA, NC, SC, Maryland, Georgia
The Three TYPES of Colonies
Charter: the governor is chosen by the people of the colony
Proprietary: the governor is or is chosen by the proprietor
Royal: the Governor is chosen by the King
By the time of the Revolution…
All colonies were Royal Colonies
The English Civil War and Interregnum 1649-
59 Cromwell’s followers = Roundheads
Charles I’s followers = Cavaliers
Cavaliers migrated to VA when it was clear that the King was losing the war
The Other Colonies Maryland: the first Proprietary ColonyLord Baltimore (George Calvert) got a
charter from Charles I
Established Maryland as a bastion for Catholics
200-300 sailed on the Arc and the Dove
Established a headright system to attract new settlers
Maryland But then, Protestants came over The Maryland Toleration Act (to
safeguard the rights of Catholics) was passed by the colonial legislature (1649)
BUT was repealed by Protestant majority in 1655 causing a Civil War in Maryland!
Grew tobacco like VA
The Carolinas (Proprietary)
1660 Charles II gave a huge area to 8 favorites S. of VA
Offered the Headright system
Insured that nearly all white settlers owned property and had political power
John Locke Drafted the Fundamental
Constitutions…
Unusual and unworkable: provided for a social hierarchy…a heredity nobility
First settlers by 1680…Charleston.. Thriving fur trade and food to W. Indies. Also tobacco…prosperous
The Carolinas Northern most region near
Albemarle was poorer and more back-woodsy
By 1712 separated into 2 Royal colonies: N and S Carolina
Huguenots to S. Carolina when the Edict of Nantes was revoked
The Middle Colonies NOTE: Dutch smugglers made it
impossible for the English to enforce their trade regulations
1664 English captured Dutch New Amsterdam without a fight. And renamed it New York
The Dutch did not consider the colony valuable enough to fight for
New Jersey The Duke of York took a chunk of NY
and gave it to two of his friends…Lord Berkley and Sir George Carteret
Berkley sold his interest to some Quakers in 1674
Quakers Aka Society of Friends…established
1600 by George Fox and Margaret Fell
Belief in sexual equality All are = in the eyes of God No ministers, no ritual Rejected idea of Original Sin and
Predestination Were persecuted in Mass by
Puritans 1702..NJ was made a Royal Colony
Pennsylvania 1681 Wm Penn (Quaker) received
Penn from King Charles II in leiu of a 16,000 debt that the crown owed to Penn’s father
Wm Penn was the proprietor By 1685 9,000 settlers Many, though, objected to the idea of
the absolute rule of the proprietor (though Penn was a good one)
Pennsylvania continued
1701 The Charter of Liberties: a constitution written by a representative assembly limiting the power of the proprietor
Penn did not fight it
In 1703 Pennsylvania allowed 3 counties to form their own representative assembly = Delaware
Georgia (late) 1732 Group of London Philanthropists, led
by Oglethorpe, wanted to give English imprisoned debtors a fresh start
Got permission from George II to found Georgia: Rules: no slavery and no alcohol
Was unenforcable.
Georgia 1752 trustees gave up and Georgia
became a royal colony.
George II supported the establishment of Georgia to act as a buffer between Spanish Florida and the lucrative tobacco-growing English colonies.
Prior to the American Revolution
All colonies had representative assemblies
The right to vote depended upon property ownership (an , of course, you had to be a white, male, free, adult)
The most democratic aspect of New England society was the town meeting
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