New England Colonies

Puritan

people who wanted to purify the Anglican church

Separaist

people who started their own church separate from the Anglican church

The Anglican church

the official and legal church of England

Pilgrims

the first Puritan emigrants to New England in 1620

Mayflower Compact

agreement in which pilgrims agreed to form a government and obey its laws

John Winthrop

leader who led a large group of Puritans to America(present-day Boston) in 1630

Founded Massachusetts bay colony

Roger Williams

religious dissenter who criticized Puritans Indain policy and was banned from Massachusetts Bay Colony

Anne Hutchinson

religious dissenter who was banned from Massachusetts Bay Colony

Pequot War

battle between Indians an puritans over Puritan expansions of land and control of trade which began n 1636

King Philip’s War

Indian uprising in 1675 that included many Indian villages in Massachusetts Bay colony

Metacom

Indian leader also called King Philip by colonists

four characteristics of the Puritans

1. challenged the hierarchy of the Anglican church

2. tried to purify/change the church and did not have bishops in their church structure

3. did not grant religious tolerance

4. had strict ideas as to how people gained salvation

characteristics of the Massachusetts bay colony

• started by farmers, fishermen, or tradesmen

• strict religious ways with no religious tolerance

• colony was a republic in which only male puritan members could vote to elect leaders

• colonists worked to convert Indians to Christianity and English ways using prayer towns

• colonists took land from the Indians and had conflicts with them as a result

what areas did the New England Colony expand to

present-day Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut

Who was roger Williams and what was his colony like

A Puritan minister. In his colony(Rhode Island):
- every male member could vote regardless of if they were a church member or not.
- There was religious freedom and separation of state.

Salem Witch Trials

Death of children and animals were blamed on women participating in evil magic. Stopped after 19 women were tried, convicted, and executed for being witches by colonists in Salem Massachusetts.

What started the Pequot War

In 1636, the Puritans accused the Pequots of killing an English trader. Even though they denied it, war still broke out and the Indian foes of the Pequots joined the Puritans. They attacked each others villages (puritans vs. Pequots)

What was the Treaty of Hartford

Gave the Puritans all the Pequots land after they were defeated in 1638. Puritans were mandated to leave & live among other Indian groups

What was King Phillips war

in 1675, Indians burned 12 puritans towns and colonists burned Indian crops in retaliton. It was a result of Puritian-Indian tensions

What caused King Phillips war

the colonists wrongly believed that Chief Metacom led the rebelling Indians. (the truth was that they fought separately and were fed up by puritan treatment.)

Who killed metacom

a praying town Indian

What are characteristics of the Rhode Island colony

• all men could vote

• church and state separated

• religious tolerance/freedom

Why did the Puritans leave England for America

They were seeking refuge from the persecution of challenging England’s offical church