New+England


 * NEW ENGLAND**


 * People, Places, and Events**

Wikipedia articles have value in supplementing our text and class notes, thereby providing a first cut at a more profound analysis of the people, places, and events we will study this semester.

Useful Wikipedia articles pertaining to topics within this module are interspersed in the material below.

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 * New England Colonies**

Map of New England colonies []

Religion was key to the founding and development of New England. Puritans' beliefs. Calvinists. [] [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim_(Plymouth_Colony])
 * Overview**

Puritanism and Predestination [] Puritans modified predestination slightly: Keep the faith Live a godly life Can achieve salvation

Religious intolerance: toward Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson

Roger Williams (theologian) [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williams_(theologian]) Anne Hutchinson []

[] Separatist Puritans [] Called "Pilgrims" Wanted to leave the Church of England entirely.
 * Plymouth (1620):**

Time in the Netherlands

Came to America on the Mayflower []

Plymouth Rock

Mayflower Compact []

Governor William Bradford [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bradford_(Plymouth_governor])

Pokanoket Indians (compare to Powhatans) help Pilgrims Squanto (compare him to Malinche) helps Pilgrims [] [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squanto:_A_Warrior's_Tale]

First Thanksgiving []


 * Key point**: Between 1620 and 1630, other options for settlement (besides Virginia and New England). English migrants settled on St. Kitts (1624) and Barbados (1627).

Non-Separatist Puritans Boston Governor John Winthrop A "city on a hill"
 * Massachusetts Bay (1630):**

Massachusetts Bay Colony [] John Winthrop [] City upon a Hill []

Connecticut Colony []

God covenanted with the Puritans and they with Him People covenanted together to form a church Puritan church became known as Congregationalists Congregational church []
 * Covenant theology**:

No headright system as in Virginia Land distributed to groups, not individuals Grants of land led to growth of communities not large personal estates
 * New England towns**:

Numerous, large (5–7 healthy children), and long–lived Even grandparents appeared Parents exercised control over their adult children Allocation of land Need for children's labor to support them Contrast with Chesapeake
 * New England families**: