Separatists

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Separatists
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Separatists

• A group of people who want to be separated from
  the official church of England and migrated to
  the American colonies in the 1600s for religious
  freedom.

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The Mayflower Compact

• an agreement, signed by 41 adults on the ship,
  to set up the colonys government

Mayflower name of the ship Compact agreement
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The Mayflower Compact is similar to the
Constitution, because they were both agreements
on how to run a democratic self-government.

• The Constitution

• Mayflower Compact

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Squanto

• Assisted the Pilgrims by teaching them to
  survive, by raking clams and growing corn and
  pumpkins. He also showed them where to hunt for
  deer and beaver and which plants were poisonous.

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Pilgrims and Puritans

• Similar
• Both left to separate from the Church of England
• Settled in Massachusetts
• Originally established by a joint-stock company

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Differences

• Puritans intended to purify their faith and
  return to England
• Puritans were more prepared and the Pilgrims
  received help from the Native Americans
• Puritans were generally better educated,
  wealthier, and more powerful in English society
  than Pilgrims.
• Many Puritans had business experience
• Puritans had a very structured religion,
  government, and community

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William Penn

• The Quaker founder of Pennsylvania.
• Also known as The Society of Friends

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The ideals and planning in creating the colony of
Pennsylvania

• Studied maps
• Drew a plan for a city
• Wrote a plan of government
• Advertised in Europe that the land offered
  religious freedom and rich farmland
• Purchased land from Native Americans

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Separatist Video 5 min