FACT OR FABRICATION? 1.
Read
each
1. The first Thanksgiving was in 1621 statemen
and the pilgrims celebrated it t.
every year thereafter. 2. Decide if
2. The original Thanksgiving feast took it’s a fact
place on the fourth Thursday of or a
November. fabricati
3. The pilgrims wore only black and on
white clothing. They had buckles on 3. Explain
their hats, garments, and shoes. WHY –
4. The pilgrims brought furniture with defend
them on the Mayflower. your
answer .
5. The Mayflower was headed for
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Memory
Clue
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The colonists who
first settled in Religious disagreements
New England came in Britain led to divisions
for religious reasons in the Anglican Church
Puritans believed in Puritans believed that
the Calvinist idea of the Anglican Church
predestination & tried compromise too far
to live strictly “Christian” by allowing some
lives without sin Catholic rituals
Some radical Puritans All Anglicans
were known as Puritans
Separatists because Separatists
they unwilling to wait
for church reforms
The Separatists became “Pilgrims” when they
formed a joint-stock company, gained a charter,
& created the Plymouth colony in America
Before landing in America,
the Pilgrims created the
Mayflower Compact
agreeing to work together
as a “civil body politick”…
…The Mayflower Compact
was the first example of
self-government in America
When the Pilgrims founded Plymouth in 1620,
they faced disease & hunger
The Pilgrims received help …and celebrated the
from local natives like first Thanksgiving to
Squanto & Massasoit… honor the local Indians
When the Separatist Pilgrims came to America, the
Puritans remained within the Church of England
But when
the Catholic
King Charles I
came to power,
Puritans felt the
time was right to
leave Britain
In 1630, Puritans
arrived in Boston
& created the
New England
colony of
Massachusetts
From 1630 to 1640, Puritan leader John Winthrop
led 16,000 Puritans to the Massachusetts Bay
colony as part of the “Great Migration”
John Winthrop wanted to build Boston as a
“city on a hill” to be a model to other Christians
Quick discussion: Based on these images, how were
the New England colonies different from Virginia?
Massachusetts was a different colony from Virginia:
Puritans came to America Puritan settlers usually
for religious freedom came as families
Settlers sacrificed for the common good, built
schools, & focused on subsistence farming
New England was a more
healthy place to live than
Virginia so colonists lived longer
Government in in the New England colonies
centered on the church through town meetings
Each New England
town was
independently
governed by local
church members
All adult male
church members
were allowed
to vote for local
laws & taxes
As the Massachusetts colony grew,
it spawned four new colonies:
New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
New Haven, & Connecticut
Connecticut
was important
for creating the
first written
constitution in
U.S. history called
The Fundamental
Orders of
Connecticut
New England Puritans did not like ideas
that differed from their own beliefs
Roger Williams was banished from Anne Hutchinson
Massachusetts for demanding was banished for
that Indians be paid for their land; challenging
He formed Rhode Island in 1636 Puritan authority
As the New England colonies expanded into
new lands, conflicts with Indians arose
The Pequot War in 1637 was the 1st major British-led
attack on Indians & led to the death of 600 Indians
King Philip’s War broke out in 1675 when
the Wampanoag Indians raided towns,
killing 10% of the colonial New England men
By the 1660s, Churches responded with the
many New England Halfway Covenant which gave
towns experienced full church membership
a drop-off in to people who had not had a
church membership “conversion experience”
This
compromise
brought
people back
to the church,
but showed
the declining
importance
of religion in
New England
Religion played a role in the Salem
witchcraft trials in 1692 when several
young girls accused people of being witches
The hysteria was caused
by tensions over land
ownership, Indian attacks,
& religious disagreements
As a result of the trials,
19 people were killed &
150 citizens were jailed
