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Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
New Hampshire, Connecticut
Essential Question & Learning Goal
 EQ: How do new ideas change the way people live?
 LG: Students will be able to analyze and sequence
information about early Colonial America,
demonstrate connections between events, identify
points of view of colonial leaders and explain their
impact, and analyze the contributions of key groups to
colonial society.
SS.8.A.1.5, SS.8.A.1.6, SS.8.A.2.2, SS.8.A.2.4, SS.8.A.2.5, SS.8.A.2.7, SS.8.C.2.1,
SS.8.G.1.2, SS.8.G.4.2, SS.8.G.4.4, LA.8.1.6.1, LA.8.1.6.2, LA.8.6.2.2
Religious Freedom
 1) Puritans (Protestants
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that didn’t like the
Anglican Church)
2) Separatists (Puritans
that wanted to leave and
set up their own church)
3) Pilgrims (Separatists
that came to America on a
religious journey)
Landed in Massachusetts
at a place called Plymouth.
Left Europe so they could
create a place of religious
tolerance
Mayflower Compact
 William Bradford leader
of the Pilgrims that
helped write the
document
 A formal document
that:
 Pledged loyalty to
England and would do
things for the good of the
colony
Native Americans
 Helped Pilgrims after the first winter
 Most Pilgrims died of disease and malnutrition
Native Americans
 Sqaunto & Samoset taught pilgrims
to farm and where to hunt and fish,
and make peace with other Natives.
 With these skills, Pilgrims were able
to survive in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
 Puritans left the England because they disagreed
with the church and were being persecuted by
King Charles I.
 Formed the Massachusetts Bay Company on a
royal charter and formed a new colony.
 Massachusetts Bay Colony
 John Winthrop was the colony’s governor
 1630 led 900 men, women, and children to
Massachusetts Bay
Connecticut
 People weren’t happy with Massachusetts and
Puritan leaders
 Moved to Connecticut (good land and more
religious freedom)
 Wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
 first written constitution in America
 described the representative government in detail
Rhode Island and New Hampshire
 Roger Williams
 Forced out of Massachusetts because he wanted religious
freedom
 Said it was wrong to take land from Native Americans
 Anne Hutchinson
 Questioned the authority of religious leaders in
Massachusetts, found guilty of false ideas and had to leave
and went to Rhode Island
 Rhode Island was the first place in the colonies where
people could practice any religion freely
 New Hampshire became independent of
Massachusetts in 1679
Conflicts with Native Americans
 Land disputes over who land belonged to led to
wars
 1675 War against the Wampanoag people
 War began after 3 Wampanoag people were executed for
murdering colonists.
 King Phillips War
 Wampanoag people were defeated
 War destroyed the power of the Native Americans in
New England
Exit Card
 List and Describe the two steps that were taken
towards a Representative/Democratic government that
we have discussed in class and is in our notes.
Twitter Wall
 Tweet as one of the following types of colonists:
 Pilgrim on the Mayflower
 A colonists in Salem during the Witch Trials
 As Roger Williams or Anne Hutchinson