Episode 2: New England Colonies

Plymouth Company

English Separatists led by William Bradford – Pilgrims on board Mayflower

Mayflower Compact

Colonists agreed collectively that they would submit to the consent of the governed when colonizing

Mass. Bay Colony

English Puritans led by John Winthrop establish Boston

Massachusetts General Court

Self-governing colonial legislative body in New England; initially married church and state

Established Church

All tax dollars went to this organization regardless of religion; served also as government – ie Congregational (Puritan) Church and Anglican Church in southern colonies

Covenant Theology

contract between colonists and God

Social Contract

Contract between the colonists and each other

City on a Hill

Written and detailed contract outlining a covenant theology and incorporating a social contract for a new religious experiment in governing

John Peter Zenger

New York printer, published articles that criticized the colonial governor which led to trial that established some freedom of the press

Pluralism

Diverse population where groups maintains their cultural distinctiveness

Immigration

Created/contributed to pluralism: English, German, Scotch-Irish, Huguenots (Fr. Protestants)

Dissenters

Goes against the establishment or main stream: T. Hooker (CT), R. Williams (RI)

King Philip’s War -1675

Conflict between New England colonists and Praying Indians vs Wampanoags over English imposing English laws on natives. Led to defeat of natives (Metacom beheaded)