The document provides information about the founding of the American colonies. It discusses that the colonies were established as corporate colonies run by businesses, proprietary colonies run by proprietors, or royal colonies run by officials appointed by the English monarch. The document focuses on the Puritans, a group of religious dissenters who founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 seeking freedom of religion from the Church of England. It describes key Puritan figures like John Winthrop who led the colony, and dissenters like Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson who were expelled for their religious views.

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
Proprietary Colonies
*Control of land and settlers
was given to a proprietor or
group of proprietors

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

10. Lesson 2PURITANS -
The Puritans
received a charter
from the King of
England. Created the
Massachusetts Bay
Company and in
1630 settled
Massachusetts. They
were led by John
Winthrop.
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 2PURITANS - in
ten years the
population of the
Massachusetts
colony goes from
700 to more than
20,000
The Puritans

12. 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.

13. Lesson 2-
The Puritans
Why are the Puritans important?
1. Created a system of selfgovernment (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

14. 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.

15. 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."

16. 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).