Puritan New England
1500’s Reformation
King Henry VIII broke from
the Catholic Church and
founded the Anglican Church
- Church of England
Denied authority of the Pope
Puritan New England
Division within the Anglican
Church
Puritans - Anglican group
that sought to purify the
church from Catholic
influence
Separatists- Puritans looking
to separate from the
Anglican Church
Direct individual experience
with god
Biblical authority
Puritan New England
1620 Separatist Pilgrims
establish Plymouth colony
1629 John Winthrop applies for
and is granted a charter for
Joint Stock Company
Massachusetts Bay Company
Headquarters to be in
Massachusetts
1623 Dorchester Company
establishes settlement at Cape
Ann to be known as Gloucester
John White Looks to build
Fishing Plantation
Puritan New England
Settlement of Naumkeag
1630 Settlement of Boston
1,000 settlers arrive in first
year
Religious based vision of
community
Democratic characteristics
Right to vote extended to all
Puritan males- freemen
Elect General Court, Court
elects Governor
Puritan New England
Puritan Society
General Court criminalizes
sin...
... including drunkenness,
idleness, swearing
Family based
Laws extended to family
relations
Puritan New England
Failure to follow rules could
lead to expulsion
Roger Williams
Claimed native claim to land
not resolved
Governments ability to
punish for Religious belief
wrong
Flees and establishes own
settlement Providence in
1636
Puritan New England
Ann Hutchinson
Worshippers needed neither
church or ministers
Threat to established order
expelled in 1638
Settles in Rhode Island later
in Dutch New Netherlands.
Puritan New England
Settlers spread further and
further westward
Natives see their way of life
ending
Disputes over land
1637 Pequots join with
Narragansetts in Pequot War
Leads to Massacre and
almost end of Pequot Nation
90 English Colonists kill
5-600 natives
Puritan New England
King Phillips War
Wampanoag chief
Metacom finds it difficult
to coexist
Metacom organizes native
confederation
War begins 1675
Puritan New England
War Startles Puritans in
intensity
Hit and run tactics
Remote settlements destroyed
After a year of fighting 10%
of english male settlers dead
Native power in New England
destroyed
Metacoms head displayed in
Plymouth for 20 years