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The Big Picture The puritans were a group of English protesters who believed in a different religion. king Charles 1 of England gave the Puritans a charter to settle in North America. in 1663 a group of English prodestents founded the Massachusetts bay company.



The Puritans Arrive

The Puritans arrived in11 ships with 700 people, supplies ,equipment ,a heard of cows ,and 60 horses.The New England Colonies

John Winthrop [|John Winthrop] was the leader of the Puritans. He led the colonists in Massachusetts on their first colony, Boston. In Boston only men could vote. Massachusetts means "at or near the great hill".

> The Geography of New England > At first life in Massachusetts was hard, much of the land was rocky. The area had many other natural resources that the Puritans needed to survive, like the forest and the Charles River as well as the Atlantic Ocean. >

> The City Upon A Hill > The puritans wanted to create a colony that would be a model for all the people in the world to follow. [|Massachusetts Bay colony] began in 1630 with about 700 people. 10 years later the population had grown to over 20,000. It had one of the largest populations in North America at that time. >

> The Puritan Way of Life > In the Puritans community each man signed a covenant. A covenant is a special promise or agreement. Each free man promised that his family would live by the puritan rules. Rich and poor people had to work to make the colony a good place to live. In the center of each village was the meeting house. The Puritans believed that education was important and that everyone should be able to read. >

> New England Grows > The puritans lived in Boston, but soon they started new colonies that spread farther. Most of these colonies were founded as a reaction to religious disagreements between the Puritans and their leaders. >

> Puritans Speak Out > The Puritans wanted everyone in the community to share their beliefs. One Puritan who disagreed with them was [|Roger Williams]. He believed that the colony needed to tolerate different religious beliefs. [|Annie Hutchinson] was another Puritan who felt that people should pray directly to God instead of depending on the church to do it. Both Williams and Hutchinson were brought to trial. They tried to convince them to change their beliefs, but they wouldn't. So Williams fled Massachusetts in 1636. He founded a settlement which became Rhode Island. [|Rhode Island] was the first colony to allow freedom of religion. > Annie Hutchinson was forced to leave Massachusetts. She traveled South to Rhode Island and started the settlement of Portsmouth. Thomas Hooker also left Massachusetts because he had different religious beliefs. In 1636, he and about 100 followers founded the colony of Connecticut.

> Changes for the Native Americans > AS the England colonies grew, the native Americans lost their land. Disagreements rose between the Native Americans and the colonists. Fighting broke out between the Pequot tribe and the colonist. It became the Pequot war of 1637. > > Colonists moved to New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine.

> Metacomet > 1675 the Wampanog leader, [|Metacomet] was preparing to fight to have his land. It later became known as the King Phillips war. It stopped when Metacomet was killed.

> WHY IT MATTERS > Some Puritan ideas continue to affect life in the U.S. Part of Michigan's education was modeled after Puritan schools and freedom of religion was started by the puritans and we continue to follow those rules. >

Vocab, People, & Place covenant- a special agreement. In colonial New England, a contract signed by each free man that bounds his family to live by Puritan rules. tolerate- allowing people to have different beliefs from your own.

People King Charles I- 1600-1649 King of England who gave the Puritans a charter to form the [|massachusetts bay colony.]

[| John Winthrop]- 1588-1649 First Governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony in 1630.

[| Roger Williams]- 1603-1684 Puritan minister who founded the colony of Rhode Island in 1636.

[| Anne Hutchinson]- 1591-1643 Puritan founder of Portsmouth Rhode Island in 1636. She started a new colony because she was "kicked out of Massachusetts!

[| Thomas Hooker]-1586-1643 Puritan minister who founded the colony of Connecticut in 1639.

[| Metacomet]- 1639?- 1676 Wampanoag sachem known to the English colonists as King Philip. he led one of the last Native American battles against the colonists in New England in1676.

Places- Massachusetts-The Puritans settled in a part of New England called Massachusetts bay. Better know as Massachusetts.

Boston-Capital and largest city of Massachusetts (42 degrees North 71 degrees West).

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Providence-Capital and largest city of Rhode Island (42 degrees North 71 degrees West).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island-Was the first European colony in America to allow Freedom and religion.

Portsmouth-A town in southeastern Rhode Island founded in 1637 by Anne Hutchinson (42 degrees North 71 degrees West).

Connecticut-Founded 1636 and 100 followers helped.

New Hampshire-after Pequot War there were no fighting with Americans for 40 years. During that time colonists moved to New Hampshire.

Vermont-Also moved to regions now known as Vermont and Maine.

Maine-Also moved to regions now known as Vermont and Maine