English US New England Colonies

Massachusetts: Settlement 1

Plymouth

Massachusetts: Settlement 2

Massachusetts Bay

Massachusetts: Date(s) Founded

1620 (Plymouth)

1630 (Massachusetts Bay)

Massachusetts: Founder(s)

William Bradford (Pilgrims, Plymouth)

- Seperatists that left the Anglican church

- Took over after John Carver, the first governer died

John Winthrop (Puritans, Massachusetts)

- 1st governer

- Tried to eliminate all popish traditions

Massachusetts: Government/Laws

Mayflower Compact --

- 1st set of written laws written in the New World by Europeans

- 66 day voyage

Massachusetts: Religion

Puritan (little tolerance for other beliefs)

Massachusetts: Why Founded/Misc.

(Misc.)

Squanto --

- Patuxet tribe

- Helped the settlers plant corn, beans, and pumpkins

- First Thanksgiving: Fall of 1621 (lasted 3 days)

Connecticut: Settlement 1

Hartford

Connecticut: Settlement 2

New Haven

Connecticut: Date(s) Founded

1636 (both)

Connecticut: Founder(s)

Thomas Hooker

- Puritan minister

- Left because he disagreed with the Puritan beliefs in Massachusetts

Connecticut: Religion

Religious freedom (allowed Roman Catholics and Protestants which was unique)

Connecticut: Government/Laws

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

- 1639; 1st constitution written in the New World by the English

Connecticut: Why Founded/Misc.

Came seeking freedom of religion

New Hampshire: Settlement 1

Exeter

New Hampshire: Date(s) Founded

1623

New Hampshire: Founder(s)

John Mason

New Hampshire: Government/Laws

Exeter Compact

- 1679; a set of laws originally part of the large landmass of Massachusetts

New Hampshire: Why Founded/Misc.

- Settled because of booming fur and fish trade

- Annexed from Massachusetts

Rhode Island: Settlement 1

Providence Plantations

Rhode Island: Date(s) Founded

1636

Rhode Island: Founder(s)

Roger Williams --

- Puritan Minister banned from Massachusetts for critizing Puritan beliefs

- Wanted to seperate church from state

Anne Hutchinson --

- Banished from Massachusetts for critizing Puritan beliefs

- Believed you didn't need the ministry to find your divine guidance

Rhode Island: Religon

Had political and religious freedom

Rhode Island: Why Founded/Misc.

(Why Founded)

- Refuge from the strict practices of the Puritan faith

(Misc.)

- One of the first colonies to allow slave trade