1. The Beginning of the New England
Colonies
• Plymouth – 1620
• Massachusetts – 1630
• Rhode Island 1638
• Connecticut 1639
• New Hampshire 1679

2. Plymouth
• The dissenters disagreed with the English
Church and wanted to separate (Separatists)
• Squanto (English Speaking) Native teaches
them how to grow crops
• Create the Mayflower Compact (An Early
constitution)
• Pilgrim is anyone on a Holy Journey
• 1621 – 1st Thanksgiving

3. Massachusetts Bay
• Puritans wanted to reform the practices of the
English Church (Anglican)
• In 1630 -1000 Puritans create the settlement
of Boston
• 1630- 1640 The Great Migration occurs (20K
Puritans come to the Mass. Bay Colony)
• 1629 The Mass. Bay company (Joint Stock
Company) receives a Royal Charter to set up
the colony

4. The New England Way
• Create Self-Governing Congregations
(members of the same church)
• Hard work is a way of honoring God
• Democratic rights are quickly expanded by
granting voting rights to all “Freemen”(Church
Members)
• Education- All Children learned to read (by
law) (Bible)
• Representative Democracy –voting

5. Rhode Island
• Roger Williams (establishes 1st Baptist
Church)-Banished because of his beliefs
1. No stealing Native lands
2. No one should be forced to attend church
3. Church and State should be separate
4. Puritans shouldn’t impose their beliefs on
others.