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Settling the Northern Colonies

Dhiya Jayadevan US History 8th grade English

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Protestant Reformation
- Puritans
  - People who wanted to make relationships easier - Part of Protestants
    - went through a purification process from Anglican Church
      - led by King Henry I
      - Hated the Church and wanted it to stop being Catholic
  - Sepratists
    - Protestsants who broke away from Church of England
    - were harassed by King James I to leave
      - Pilgrims wanted to become purified Protestants
        left to America with a charter
        Mayflower veered off course, ended up in New England
        first place they decided to colonize was Plymouth Bay
        Mayflower Compact
        listed rules and regulation and self government
        not signed by everyone
        William Bradford
        governor of Plymouth
        soon lost it because the area they settled in was outside Virginia Company
        Some Puritans wanted to make the church better from within
        Failed; Parliament was dismissed
  - Non-Separatist Puritans
    - tried to make Massachusetts Bay colony
      - chartered
      - wanted to separate from Church of England
        wanted to make a holy society
        Congregational Church
        made of Puritan freemen
        unchurched men and women could not vote
        liberal but not a democracy
        everyone paid taxes
        separation of church and state
        charter was eventually revoked
        Dominion of New England
        used to administer Navigation Laws
        wanted to bring England and the American colonies closer
        Sir Edmund Andros
        taxed people
        enforced Navigation laws even more
        salutary neglect
        navigation laws were only weakly enforced
        colonists were angered by him
        dethroned Catholic James II
        started reign of William and Mary
        Glorious/Bloodless Revolution
        protestant ethic
        work hard and show commitment in world issues
      - first governor = John Winthrop
        fur trading
        fishing
        shipbuilding
      - Mass. Bay colony absorbed other ones
        Plymouth - Sir Fernando Gorges
        New Hampshire
        separated from Mass. by king and became royal
  - Quakers defied the rules of the Puritans
    - Anne Hutchinson
      - did not bother to obey church, God, law
        antinomianism (heresy)
        led to trial
        she left with large family to Rhode Island
        moved to NY
    - Roger Williams
      - a strong-willed Sepratist
        challenged legality of Bay Charter
        tried to convince people to leave Anglican Church
        was going to be exiled to England but instead he made a new colony
        Rhode Island
        Made by Roger Williams
        built a baptist church
        allowed freedom of religion
        kindhearted
        sheltered Quakers
        no taxes
        liberal
        filled with religious misfits
        Anne Hutchinson
        Rogue's Island
    - Religious Society of Friends
      - did not support Church of England with taxes
        simple, devoted, democratic
      - had meetings
      - William Penn wanted to convert to a Quaker
        liberal
        was truthful
        proprietor
        created Pennsylvania
        colony was launched in 1681
        Philadelphia was carefully planned
        many people came here for religious freedom
        no slavery
        only minimal restrictions
        blue laws prohibited people from reveling
        became acquainted with King James II
    - New Jersey
      - Granted from Duke of York
        Given to Berkeley
        Carteret
        Delaware
        Named after De La Warr
        Remained under governor of Pennsylvania
        Middle Colonies
        all had fertile soil
        bread colonies NJ, NY, PA
        forests
        Rivers
        Susquehanna
        Delaware
        Hudson
        In the middle of New England and Southern Colonies
        medium sized landholdings
        easy to get land
        in between town meetings and county government
        most ethnically mixed
        religious toleration
        democratic control
        quickly developed
        increase in population
        Transportation was better
        trade increased
        self-government
- Martin Luther
  - talked about religious tolerance and freedom, started Reformation
  - created Luthereans
- John Calvin
  - Created Calvinism
    - many people practiced this religion
      - French Hugenots
      - Dutch Reformed Church
      - Scottish Presbysterians
    - visible saints had seen God and were leading better lives (purified)
  - Institutes of the Christian Religion
    - god was almighty, people were helpless
Great English Migration
- 70,000 refugees left England
  - went to Massachusetts Bay
  - went to West Indies
    - warm
    - fertile soil
    - sugar industry
Connecticut
- Hartford
  - created by Puritans/Thomas Hooker
  - Connecticut River Colony
    - had a charter
      - Fundamental Orders
        a modern constitution
- New Haven
  - Created by John Davenport/Puritans
    - people wanted a stronger church-government relationship
Other Influences
- Indians
  - originally were friends with Wampanoag
  - people got mad because Europeans were pushing inland
    - Europeans + Narragansett set fire to Pequot tribe
      - uneasy peace
      - got rid of Pequot tribes
        some were converted into Christianity
        praying towns, helped the Indians learn the other culture
  - Metacom, son of a tribe leader, forged an alliance with King Philip
    - set fire to English colonies
      - King Philip's War
    - slowed down westward expansion
- English Civil War
  - made colonists use their own resources
    - friends against foes
  - New England Confederation
    - made of four colonies, Puritans
    - used for defense
New Netherland
- Dutch East India Company
  - Employed Henry Hudson
- Dutch West India Company
  - trader, less powerful
  - established New Netherland
    - New Amsterdam - New York
      - no religious toleration
      - no freedom of speech
      - no democratic practices
      - Patroonships
        granted to people who settled 50 people in an area
    - Manhattan Island
      - Indians were annoyed with English and started massacres
        a wall was built on Manhattan Island as a defence measure (Wall Street)
      - Swedes began to trespass on Dutch land
        started Thirty Years' War
        Sweden's Golden Age
        entered America, influenced
        Peter Stuyvesant fought against the English
        Swedish Place names were scattered through Delaware
    - Given to Duke of York by Charles II
      - fought against Stuyvesant

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