New Hampshire
Founded: 1623
Living off the
bounty of the
land: An
Outdoorsman’s
Colony
-- Hunting
-- Trapping
-- Fishing
Rhode Island – 1636
Roger Williams, Founder
Banished from Mass Bay Colony
for espousing “radical and
heretical” ideas.
1. The State and the Church are
Separate entities. He divided
society into two distinct realms:
Religious and Civil
*see first amendment
2. He believed that Settlers should
compensate Native Americans for
taking their land
Anne Hutchinson: The first
women’s rights advocate
She believed that women had
rights and should participate in
colony governance and church
matters.
Banished from Mass Bay
Colony for propagating
heretical ideas
Fled to Rhode Island so she and
her family would be free to live
and worship as they believed
Connecticut -- 1636
Rev. Thomas Hooker
• Founder of the Colony
• Broke away from Massachusetts Bay
Colony to establish a colony that
allowed non-church members to
participate in local government
• Established the first Constitution (a
written plan of Government) in the
Colonies
– Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Contained ideas that were later
included in the US Constitution
– Individual rights
– Limited power of the State
– Citizen elections