The Puritans established colonies in New England to escape religious persecution in England and build societies based on biblical principles. However, some Puritans like Thomas Hooker and Roger Williams left the Massachusetts Bay colony due to disagreements over the concentration of power. Anne Hutchinson was also ordered to leave after questioning Puritan teachings. Tensions rose between the colonists and Native Americans as the colonists expanded their settlements, culminating in King Philip's War in 1675. Towns and villages formed the basic social and religious structures in New England, centered around common areas, meeting houses, and town meetings.

1. Ch4 Sec1 Notes-The New England Colonies
*The Puritans were a religious group who had hoped to reform the Church of England
Why did they leave England?
• The king disapproved of Puritans and their ideas, canceled Puritan business
charters, and had some Puritans jailed
• They wanted to build a new society based on biblical laws and teachings.
• They believed that England had fallen on “evil and declining times.”
What problems in Massachusetts colony caused people to leave?
Who left? From where Why Results
He established a colony with
He thought the governor and strict limits on government.
Thomas Hooker Founded other officials such as the Settlers wrote the Fundamental
General Court had too much Orders of Connecticut.
Connecticut power.
He believed that the Puritan He set up a colony where church
Roger Williams Settled in Rhode church had too much power. and state were completely
Island separate. He fostered religious
tolerance
She questioned the Puritan She later became a symbol of the
Anne Hutchinson Fled to Rhode church’s teachings; she was tried struggle for religious freedom
Island and ordered out of the colony.
Why were the Puritans and Native Americans at war?
• As more colonists settled in New England, they began to take over more Native
American lands.
• By 1670 nearly 45,000 settlers were living in New England.
• In 1675, Chief Metacom and the Wampanog Indians destroyed 12 towns and killed
more than 600 settlers.
Why were towns and villages important in New England life?
• In the center of each village was the common, an open field where the settlers’
cattle grazed.
• The Puritans worshiped in the village meeting house. They took their Sabbath,
or holy day of rest, seriously.
• Settlers gathered at the meeting house for town meetings, where they discussed
and voted on issues.
• Some towns became important centers of trade and shipbuilding.