Founding the colonies

1. Who Founded
the Colonies
and Why?
Unit 4, Lesson 2
By Mr. Casey

2. Agenda
• Vocabulary
• Unit 4, Lesson 2 - Who Founded
the Colonies and Why?

3. Separatists
• (noun) a group of people from
England who wanted to separate
themselves from the Church of
England

4. persecution
• (noun) unjust treatment

5. pilgrim
• (noun) a person who travels to a place
for religious reasons

6. Puritan
• (noun) a person from England who
wanted to improve the Church of
England

7. dissenter
• (noun) a person whose views are
different from those of his or her
leaders

8. Lesson 2- Colonies
Corporate Colonies
*Control of land and settlers
was given to a business
(Virginia Company, Massachusetts Bay Company)
Proprietary Colonies
*Control of land and settlers
was given to a proprietor or
group of proprietors
(North Carolina, South Carolina, and Maryland)

9. Lesson 2- Colonies
Royal Colonies
*Control of land and settlers
stayed with the monarch (king)
and was run through officials
By 1752 monarchs had changed most of the
colonies into Royal Colonies:
Virginia, New York, New Jersey,Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina

10. Lesson 2- The Puritans
PURITANS - called Puritans because
they believed in a pure church. They
were happy to break away from the
Catholic church, but still weren’t happy
with the Church of England. It wasn’t
pure enough.

11. Lesson 2- The Puritans
PURITANS - received a charter
from Charles I, King of England.
Created the Massachusetts Bay
Company and in 1630 settled
Massachusetts. They were led by
John Winthrop.

12. Lesson 2- The Puritans
PURITANS - in
ten years the
population of the
Massachusetts
colony goes from
700 to more than
20,000

13. Lesson 2- The Puritans
PURITANS - They wanted to follow
the bible 100%. They wanted to
create a community that was an
example for the world.
They escaped religious persecution
but they created a new community
that didn’t tolerate any other
religions.

14. Lesson 2- The Puritans
Why are the Puritans important?
1. Created a system of self-government (every
man could vote)
2. Church leaders were most important people
in society but they didn’t create laws
(separation of church and state...kind of)
3. Valued Education (Harvard & Public
Education)
4. 1641 -Made slavery legal

15. Puritan Dissenters
• Roger Williams - a well liked Puritan
teacher. He preached that the Puritan government
was not separate from the church. He wanted true
separation of church and state, and freedom of
religion. The Puritans kicked him out. He moved to
present day Rhode Island and started the town of
Providence in 1636.

16. Puritan Dissenters
• Ann Hutchinson - a popular Puritan
woman. She held bible meetings and began
preaching against many of the stricter Puritan laws
(like religious intolerance and interpreting the bible).
She wanted freedom of religion. She was tried by a
jury and kicked out of the colony. She co-founded
Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
"You have stepped out of your place,
you have rather been a husband than a
wife, a preacher than a hearer, and a
magistrate than a subject."

17. Puritan Dissenters
• Thomas Hooker - a great speaker and
respected Puritan, he disagreed with John Cotton,
the leader of the Puritan community. In 1636 he
founded Hartford and the colony of Connecticut. He
helped create the Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut (considered to be the first written
constitution).

18. Puritan Dissenters