Massachusetts Bay Colony Pilgrims and Puritans Free at

Massachusetts Bay Colony Pilgrims and Puritans Free at Last

Vocabulary Pilgrims Mayflower Separatists Mayflower Compact Puritans Squanto Purify New England Way

PILGRIMS Known as Separatists in England - wanted out (to separate) from the Church of England Were fined, jailed and at times killed b/c of religion Pilgrims: didn’t want gold but religious freedom September 1620 Mayflower sailed, got off course by Nov. landed in Massachusetts not Virginia

The Mayflower 1620 a group of 102 people Pilgrims were blown off course and landed outside of Jamestown authority. Outside of the legal authority of the Virginia Co, Who makes the rules for the new colony?

MAYFLOWER COMPACT ALL ON THE MAYFLOWER AGREED AND SIGNED BEFORE DEPARTING SHIP. IT WAS THEIR RULES FOR SELF GOVERNMENT

MAYFLOWER COMPACT Arrived in Mass. They called it Plymouth. Wrote document before they got off boat. Rules for colony saying they word work together. 1 st time colonists claimed right to govern themselves!!!

That First Year…. Winter of 1620 -1621 § Only 44 out of the original 102 survived. None chose to leave in 1621 when the Mayflower sailed back. Fall of 1621 First “Thanksgiving. ” § Colony survived with fur, fish, and lumber. Plymouth stayed small and economically unimportant. § 1691 only 7, 000 people § Merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Native Americans Helped Pilgrims survive Squanto - helped the most: gave seeds for corn, beans, pumpkins, & taught them how to plant crops and fish for eel in rivers Thanksgiving - 2 nd autumn after arrival to celebrate good harvest

The Others From England Puritans Who were they and why were they different?

Puritans from England Wanted to change and “purify” the Church of England not leave the church like the Pilgrims. Came to North America to worship as they pleased

Why were the Puritans Successful? 1. Well equipped, prepared 2. Sailed in March had time to plant to harvest in fall. 3. Great leadership

Massachusetts Bay Colony How it Grew Governor John Winthrop 1630 -great migration of Puritans Wanted Colony to be example to the world as a model community Puritan belief Great Leadership Many professionals, lawyers, land owners, merchants – Duty – Hard work – Education These showed their obedience to God

The New England Way Congregation: People who belong to the same church Meeting House Most important building Town meetings-laws and community decisions made Massachusetts Colony Only males vote And hold office General court name for lawmaking body Non Puritans did not have same rights as Puritans

New England Way continued Society Stressed – – Duty Godliness Hard work Honesty Education very important - so every one could read the Bible!!!!! Amusements would lead to being lazy

Characteristics of New England Settlements Low mortality average life expectancy was 70 years of age. Average 6 children per family. Average at marriage: § Women – 22 years old § Men – 27 years old.

Hugh Growth in Colony 1630 -1643 more than 20, 000 people settle in Massachusetts 1691 Massachusetts and Plymouth combine into one called Massachusetts

Plymouth Massachusetts Bay Categories ___________ Reason for founding the ___________ colony _____________________ Challenges Colonist’s ___________ Faced _____________________ People who founded colony _____________________ What made the colony ___________ successful _____________________ Government of the colony _____________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________ _______________________

What was happening in North Carolina People moving south and Carolina becomes its own colony

Vocabulary Lord Proprietors Culpepper Back country Royal Colony

Carolina Grows Good land around Jamestown, VA becomes scarce. Newcomers begin to settle west and south around the Albormoral sound. King Creates a new colony and rewards 8 Lords by putting them in charge of the colony. (Lord proprietors) 1663. Residents of Carolina owned the land but had to pay a tax a quit-rent, annual tax to Lords Settlers in NC less wealthy than Virginia Settlers around Albarmoral sound were one district and Settlers around Pamlico sound were in another district. First Town, Bath

Carolina Grows Much conflict between groups in North Carolina, created Culpeppers rebellion against the Lord Proprietors and governing North Carolina was difficult. Tuscora rebelled against settlers and were defeated. People began to move west Most people lived east of the fall line. But many came, and settled in the piedmont. Germans, Scotch Irish, Quakers, Moravians Farming was very difficult for them and they were mostly poor compared to the colonists in the eastern part of the state.

Review Settlement of North Carolina Write down 5 characteristics of the settlement in North Carolina.