Post on 13-Jan-2016
The MayflowerThe Mayflower
Pilgrims?Pilgrims?
vs. vs.
Puritans?Puritans?
Sources of Puritan Migration
Sources of Puritan Migration
William BradfordWilliam Bradford
The Mayflower Compact
November 11, 1620
The Mayflower Compact
November 11, 1620
Covenant TheologyCovenant Theology
““Covenant of Grace”:Covenant of Grace”: between Puritan communities between Puritan communities
and God.and God.
““Social Covenant”:Social Covenant”: Between members of Puritan Between members of Puritan
communities with each other.communities with each other.
Required mutual Required mutual watchfulness.watchfulness.
No toleration of deviance or No toleration of deviance or disorder.disorder.
No privacy.No privacy.
John WinthropJohn Winthrop
We shall be as a city on a hill. The eyes of all people are upon
us.
We shall be as a city on a hill. The eyes of all people are upon
us.
Colonizing New England
Colonizing New England
Characteristics of New England Settlements
Characteristics of New England Settlements
Low mortality Low mortality average average life expectancy was 70 life expectancy was 70 years of age.years of age.
Many extended families.Many extended families.
Average 6 children per Average 6 children per family.family.
Average age at marriage:Average age at marriage: Women – 22 years oldWomen – 22 years old
Men – 27 years old.Men – 27 years old.
PatriarchyPatriarchy
Authoritarian male father Authoritarian male father figures controlled each figures controlled each household.household.
Patriarchal ministers and Patriarchal ministers and magistrates controlled magistrates controlled church church congregations congregations and household and household patriarchs.patriarchs.
Land Division inSudbury, MA: 1639-
1656
Land Division inSudbury, MA: 1639-
1656
Puritan “Rebels”Puritan “Rebels”
Roger WilliamsRoger
WilliamsAnne HutchinsonAnne Hutchinson
Religious Religious toleration.toleration.
Separation of Separation of church and church and state.state.
Threatened Threatened patriarchal control.patriarchal control.
AntinomialismAntinomialism [direct revelation][direct revelation]
Southern New EnglandIndian Tribes, 1636
Southern New EnglandIndian Tribes, 1636
A Pequot VillageDestroyed, 1637A Pequot VillageDestroyed, 1637
The Pequot Wars: 1636-1637
The Pequot Wars: 1636-1637
Population of the New England Colonies
Population of the New England Colonies
Population Comparisons:New England v. the
Chesapeake
Population Comparisons:New England v. the
Chesapeake
New England Colonies, 1650
New England Colonies, 1650