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• In your table of contents:

• Unit 2 ColonizationJamestown and RoanokeReligion in the Colonies

New England Colonies

Religion in the ColoniesReligion in the Colonies

Pilgrims– Separatists (wanted to break away

from the Church of England) group that wanted to settle as “a distinct body by themselves”

– Created the Mayflower Compact -1620

Puritans• Wanted to “purify” the Church of

England. • The church controlled every aspect

of life: town meetings, elected representatives, made laws• The Great Migration –

*1630’s and 1640’s*Came to the new world in hopes of

finding a better life

Quakers

• Believed that all people should live in peace and harmony.

• Wrote a constitution and established a legislature

New England ColoniesNew England Colonies

New England Colonies• Connecticut• New Hampshire• Massachusetts• Rhode Island

• Using the atlas, label these colonies on your map.

New England Colonies• Geography and Climate

– Long, cold winters– Rocky soil, not good for farming. – Positioned on the North Atlantic

Coast– Many forests and rivers

New England Colonies

• Economy (how they made their money)– Used the ocean as a source of food and

commerce (trade, economics)• Fishing, Whaling, Timber, Shipping, and Trade.

– Traded furs– Subsistence farming: small farms where

people grew just enough to feed themselves and their families… they did not sell their goods.

MassachusettsFreedom of Religion

– Boston had a major port for trade– Pilgrims

• Mayflower-1620– Puritans

• Emigrated to escape religious persecution • Established the Massachusetts Bay Colony

for a settlement involved in a more “purified” church.

• Also founded New Hampshire and Connecticut

Massachusetts Body of Liberties

•First Bill of Rights in North America•Only document at the time that gave

women rights•More freedom than other colonies as

long as you held the same religious beliefs as the leaders of the colony.

New Hampshire• Founded for Religious Purposes

Rhode Island“Rogue’s Island”•Freedom of Religion

– Roger Williams• First real democrat-believed people had the right to

create the government they wanted• Separation of church and state

– Anne Hutchison• Believed that God spoke directly to her and not

through the bible as everyone else believed• She and her followers were banished from

Massachussetts in 1638.• Crime was holding meeting to discuss sermons and

criticized ministers and their teaching.– Both were trying to find a more accepting place to live – The government was separate from church leadership

Connecticut– Fundamental Orders of

Connecticut•The first written constitution on North American soil. (Not all countries have a written constitution…England doesn’t.)

•Expanded the idea of representative government

•Extended voting rights to non-church members

•Established term limits

ClosingLook at the key for the thirteen colonies map. Label the map with the correct symbols for the New England colonies.

• What is the most important reason for the founding of the New England colonies and how does it effect the United States today?