Puritan new england

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PURITAN NEW ENGLAND

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PURITAN NEW ENGLAND

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Puritans and Pilgrims Pilgrims wanted to

separate completely from Church of England (Separatists)

Fled to Holland and eventually America (Plymouth Colony)

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Massachusetts Bay Colony John Winthrop led more Puritans to

New England Established colony with capital at Boston Plymouth incorporated into it “City Upon a Hill”

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Puritans & Religious Freedom: Not So Much

Puritan laws criminalized Leaders were all members of Puritan

Church Only landholding males in the Church

could vote Dissent not tolerated

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Roger Williams freedom to worship Establishes Rhode Island on

the basis of religious freedom (1636)

“Forced religion stinks in the nostrils of God.”

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Anne Hutchinson Individuals can interpret

the Bible on their own Banished to Rhode

Island in 1638 Took refuge in Dutch-

controlled New Netherland