MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY 1620 Puritans Wanted to purify

MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY 1620

Puritans • Wanted to purify the Church of England • Were arrested and imprisoned for their beliefs

Roundhead Cavalier English Civil War 1642 – 1646 Roundheads (Puritans) win Puritans close all theaters, changed Church of England, forced religious beliefs on all English (somber clothing and behavior)

KING CHARLES I 1625 - 1649 Son of James I Granted charter 1649 – beheaded after English Civil War for treason

Compared to the Separatists • More educated • Wealthier • Arrived in time to plant crops • Migrated in family groups Prospered: Healthy climate, good water and plentiful land

Massachusetts Bay Company received charter

JOHN WINTHROP • Puritan lawyer • Led Puritans out of England • Elected governor

March 30, 1630 1000 Puritans left England 102 Passengers on the Mayflower GREAT MIGRATION Name given to the exodus of the Puritans • By 1640 there were 10, 000 people in Massachusetts Bay Colony

“We must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. ” - John Winthrop

1631 – All adult male members of the church were given the right to vote 1641 – Est. political freedom with a representative form of government PERMITTED NO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 1691 – MA Bay Colony & Plimoth unite as one colony thru charter granted by King William and Queen Mary. • Became colony of Massachusetts • Puritans ruled

Puritan Laws • VERY strict • Written in blue covered books and called “Blue Laws”

BLUE LAWS • “No one shall run on the Sabbath, or walk in his garden/elsewhere, except reverently to and from meeting. ” • “No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep house, cut hair/shave on the Sabbath Day. ” • “No woman shall kiss her child on the Sabbath Day/fasting day. ” • “No one shall read Common Prayer, keep Christmas/Saints Day, make minced pies, dance, play cards, play any musical instrument except the drum, trumpet and Jew’s Harp. ”

Pillory

Whipping Post Stocks

Mandatory attendance Church enforced rules Tithing Men – 10 families Lunch Comfort: no heat, hard benches

Salem Village 1692 Reverend Samuel Parris Daughter Elizabeth “Betty” - 9 Niece Abigail Williams - 11 Ann Putnam – 12 Daughter of the most powerful man in town

TITUBA

• • SALEM WITCH TRIALS 28 people were convicted of being witches 5 confessed and were spared 2 escaped 1 pregnant woman was pardoned 19 Witches (women) were hung Giles Corey was suffocated under rocks 5 died in prison

WHY? • Strong belief in witchcraft? • Smallpox epidemic? • Threat of Native attack? • Factions among citizens? • Contaminated food? Ergot fungus: hallucinations, delusions, death