NEW ENGLAND COLONIES

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NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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Puritan Contributions to American Society

• Popular Misperceptions
• Democracy
• Religious Toleration/Religious
  Freedom
• Individualism

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Motives for Colonization

• Religious Persecution in England
• Fear of Gods Wrath
• Plymouth (1620) Pilgrims
• Separatists
• Holland
• Massachusetts Bay (1630)
• Non-Separatists
• Gods Mission City Upon a Hill
• Light in a World of Darkness

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New England Colonies
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Evolution of Massachusetts Bay I

• Establishment of Religious Conformity
• Conversion Experience Saints or the Elect
• Importance of Congregationist Beliefs
• Link Between Church Membership and Politics
• No Separation of Church and State

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Evolution of Massachusetts Bay II

• Religious Intolerance
• Roger Williams
• Challenged Legitimacy of Colonys Charter
• Questioned Integration of Church and State
• Separatist
• Migrated to Providence, Rhode Island (1636)

Roger Williams, Founder of Rhode Island
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Evolution of Massachusetts Bay III

• Religious Intolerance
• Anne Hutchinson
• Belief in Antinomianism
• Ministers Outside the Covenant
• Threatened Puritan Patriarchy
• Migrated to Portsmouth, Rhode Island (1638)

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Trial of Anne Hutchinson
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Offshoot Puritan Communities

• Connecticut (1635)
• Rev. Thomas Hooker
• Puritan Settlers
• New Hampshire (1630s)
• Puritan Settlers

Rev. Thomas Hooker
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New England Colonies
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Democratic Town Meeting

• Role of Town Meeting
• Authority Vested in Selectmen
• Extent of Franchise

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New England Town
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New England Town
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Puritan Individualism

• Term Introduced First in 18th Century
• Society Dominated by Secular Saints
• Utopian Community
• Built on Voluntary Consent
• Looked to Medieval Past for Inspiration

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New England Economy

• Geographic Influences
• Few Navigable Rivers
• Poor Soil
• Short Growing Season
• Land Disposal System Township Grants
• Impact Growth of Towns and Cities

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Balanced Economy

• No Cash Crops
• Subsistence Farming
• Shipbuilding
• Fishing
• Trade