The Plymouth Colony

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The Plymouth Colony
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Religious Disagreement

• England had been a Protestant country since 1534
  - but many wanted to return to the Roman Catholic
  belief and rituals.
• Puritans - wanted to purify the church by
  getting rid of all Roman Catholic influences.
• Separatists - left the church to worship by
  themselves.
• Pilgrims - travelers with a religious goal.

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The Journey

• Pilgrims had little money - they joined with
  other English separatists and gained a charter to
  set up a colony in VA.
• John Carver arranged financial backing and found
  a ship, the Mayflower.
• The crossing was stormy and the ship was blown
  off course - landed in Cape Cod.

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The Mayflower Compact

• Since they were outside the area of their charter
  they had to establish some kind of law and
  discipline (the Mayflower Compact).
• John Carver was elected governor.

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Puritan Punishments
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The Ducking Stool

• Offenses
• Brawlers
• Brewers of bad beer
• Bakers of bad bread
• Quarrelsome married couples - tied back to back

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The Bilboes

• Offenses
• Speaking against the government
• Cursing or stealing
• Drunk in public

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The Stocks

• Offenses
• Abusing your wife
• Having 2 wives

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The Pillory

• Offenses
• Politician for voting for himself
• Stealing stockings
• Passing counterfeit money

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The Whipping Post

• Offenses
• 10 - 40 lashes
• Indians and white men for stealing
• Shooting fowl on Sabbath
• Lying
• Swearing

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The Scarlet Letter

• Offenses
• B worn by women for bad words
• D worn for drunkenness
• A worn for interrupting a preacher

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Branks and Gags

• Offenses
• Gossiping men and women

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Branding and Maiming

• Offenses
• Libel or Slander
• Theft
• Vagabond
• Selling arms to the Indians