Prentice Hall History of Our Nation Chapter 3 Section 2

1. Chapter 3
Section 2
New England Colonies

2. Geography of New England
• Maine-not a separate
colony (known at that
time as part of
Massachusetts)
• Vermont-not a
separate colony
(claimed by NH and
NY)
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• Rhode Island
• Connecticut

3. Advantages
• Long cold winters
and short
summers led to
fewer diseases.
• Great fishing areas
off the shores of
New England.
• Rocky, thin soil is
not very good for
farming.
Disadvantage

4. Puritans in Massachusetts
Bay
• Wanted to reform the
Church of England
• Were influential until
King Charles I
opposed them and
persecuted them
• Led by John Winthrop
• Came to America in
1630

5. Puritans in Massachusetts
Bay
• Largest town was
Boston
• Puritan men elected a
General Court and
Governor
• NOT tolerant of non-
Puritan ideas
Historical interpretation of man in stocks
http://pioneervillagesalem.blogspot.com/2011/10/word-about-puritan-crime-
and-punishment.html

6. New Colonies
• Roger Williams wanted to
completely separate from the
Church of England. He was
forced to leave Salem,
Massachusetts.
• In 1636, he founded Rhode
Island with land he bought
from the Indians. RI became
a safe place for other
persecuted groups; it had
separation of church and
state.

7. Anne Hutchinson’s Dissent
• Expelled from
Massachusetts:
– Taught men
– Taught that God
spoke to her
directly
– Said she could
interpret scriptures

8. Settling Connecticut
• Thomas Hooker led
about 100 settlers
from
Massachusetts.
Fundamental Orders
of Connecticut was
a document that
gave them an
elected legislature
and governor.
Public Domain / http://ushistoryimages.com

9. Growth and Change
• Town meetings
– Assembly to decide
local issues
– Only male heads of
households
– Encouraged growth
of democratic ideas

10. New England Economy

11. King Philip’s War
• Metacom, Chief of
the Wampanoag
Indians, led
fighting against
New England
settlers.
• He was captured
and killed after a
year of the raiding.
King Philip was the name the English
gave to Metacom.

12. Puritan Influence Declines
• By the
1670’s, cities were
growing, and
merchants were
becoming
successful. A new
generation was in
place that was not
so religiously
strict.