Chapter 5 The New England Colonies Massachusetts MA Connecticut CT Rhode Island RI New Hampshire NH The Massachusetts Bay Colony Lesson 1 A City on a Hill 10 years after the Pilgrims a new group of religious settlers called the Puritans founded a new colony ID: 643206
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England has 13 colonies in North America!Slide2
Chapter 5:
The New England Colonies
Massachusetts (MA)
Connecticut (CT)
Rhode Island (RI)
New Hampshire (NH)Slide3
The Massachusetts Bay Colony
Lesson 1Slide4
A City on a Hill
10 years after the Pilgrims a new group of religious settlers called the Puritans founded a new colony.
Puritans did NOT want to separate from the Church of England.
They wanted to make the church more “pure.”
In 1628 a group of Puritans helped form a company to settle in America.
King Charles I gave the company a
charter.Slide5
The Puritans’ 1st settlement was named Salem in present-day Massachusetts, led by John Endecott.
In 1630 John Winthrop brought more Puritans from England to start the 2
nd
settlement.
These new villages were near present-day Boston, Massachusetts.
Winthrop helped them form a
confederation
so settlers would be able to defend themselves from enemies.Slide6Slide7
A Puritan Village
In the center of each Puritan village was a
common.
At one end of the common was the church sometimes called a meetinghouse.
Other buildings might be a general store, blacksmith shop, or school.
Schools were important because Puritans wanted everyone to be able to read the Bible.Slide8Slide9
Puritans began to develop community schools.
Some of these schools still exist. (Harvard University!)
Small villages helped people feel they belonged to a community AND the minister could keep his authority.Slide10Slide11
The Meetinghouse
The meetinghouse was at the center of village life because it could be where church was held.
At church the minister gave a sermon that could last for hours.
The meetinghouse is also where
town meetings
were held.
Every year people were elected to
public offices
.
Offices that people held were: constable, digger of graves, drummer
, the town crier,
and fence viewer.Slide12
Home and Farm Life
The main room in a Puritan home had a large fireplace that was always kept burning.
Women spent many hours preparing food each day and making clothing.
Many Puritan men spent days in the field growing corn, wheat, pumpkins and squash.
English colonists living in the Caribbean traded with New England colonists. New England traded their crops for sugar
.Slide13Slide14
The Puritans also raised cattle and hogs for food and sheep for wool.
They made their own tools and shoes.
Because of religious beliefs, children were not allowed to play with toys.
Instead, children read religious books and games like tag and leapfrog.Slide15Slide16
Imagine you have been asked to write a newspaper article about the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Tell about the reasons
why they
settled there and the kinds of communities they started.
You may use your book and for full credit you must include 4 true facts about the Puritans.