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Puritans
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Puritans• Puritans are harassed by King Charles and the
Church and flee England in 1630• They wanted to “purify” the Church of it’s
Catholic practices• Receive a royal charter to settle in New
England and are a joint-stock company• Are well prepared for any problem and do
not suffer any hardships like the “Starving Time”
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Puritan Devotion• Puritans have been portrayed as uptight
Protestants but in actuality were:– devoted to their God but they should not get lost in
life’s pleasures (they enjoyed good food, drink, had sex with their spouse, music but in moderation)
– They took every aspect of life seriously and gave great effort to whatever task they faced
– Strongly believed that they had a covenant with God, if they followed it then they were saved if not then they would face God’s fiery wrath
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A Bad Rap for Puritan Devotion?• Puritans strongly supported
the idea that church and government should work together to promote spiritual holiness and material success
• Puritans had the opportunity to create their own society, so why not fulfill their covenant with God by using government
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A Better Start• Unlike Jamestown the
Massachusetts Bay Colony was not located near swamps and had a cooler climate
• It also had a large clean water supply
• There was an absence of mosquitoes that carry malaria
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The Puritan Plan for Success• Puritans learned from the
mistakes made by Jamestown colonists but supplies spoil
• Most are families that come, but half die on trip or are scared by the sight of wilderness
• Puritans agreed to live in an orderly society, male members signed an agreement called a covenant
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The Pilgrims Arrive• The Pilgrims (separatists) are escaping religious
persecution under King James I. Pilgrims want to separate from the Church of England.
• Arrive in 1620 they land outside of the charter’s grant and must form their own governing body
• The Mayflower Compact, 1620, was the 1st example of self-rule in colonies. It was written for the good of all community members and supported idea of majority rule.
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Mayflower
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Pilgrim Leadership• William Bradford, 1st governor of Plymouth
proclaims Indians are “savage and brutish men”
• Miles Standish, a soldier will attack enemies of Wampanoag and placed Indian heads on pikes
• Pilgrims begin to live on Indian lands and live in Indian homes left empty because of diseases and warfare
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Early Troubles• Pilgrims go through their own
‘Starving Time” minus cannibalism
• Indians will help them learn about planting crops under the condition that Pilgrims protect them from their enemies
• This is why there is a famous first Thanksgiving in the fall of 1621
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Thanksgiving, 1621
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Miles Standish marching to war, 1622
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“City Upon a Hill”
• Sermon by John Winthrop that inspired Puritan colonists with a sense of “holy duty”
• Puritans would be a model of a perfect Protestant community for all the world to see
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Political Development of Massachusetts Bay Colony
• The Puritans hold town meetings were men meet to make laws and discussed community issues
• Only male church members could vote on issues and elect their representatives
• Those that can vote in local government are called “freemen”
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• With Indians they at first learn how to agricultural techniques and learn how to farm corn, beans, pumpkins, and potatoes
• Puritans are involved in trade with Indians for items like: blankets, iron pots, metal tipped arrows and guns
• Puritans will concentrate on raising livestock which need open fields to graze and desire Indian land