UNIT 1:
THE AGE OF EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION
“THE AMERICAN DREAM”
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“A LAND OF OPPORTUNITY”
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“A LAND OF MILK AND HONEY”
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“THE POOR GET RICHER”
LESSON 4:
MASSACHUSETTS BAY
MATERIALS
TEXT BOOK:
Page 72 – “Puritans in Massachusetts Bay”
Page 72 – “The Puritans Leave England”
Page 73 – “The Massachusetts Bay Colony”
Page 76 – “Puritan Influence Declines”
Page 72-73 picture
KEY POINTS:
NOTES:
1) The Puritans came to America for religious reasons.
a) What did King Charles I mean he wanted to do to the Puritans when he wanted to “harrie them out of the land?”
i) Make their lives so miserable they would want to leave
b) Why would Charles want to do that?
i) The Puritans disagreed with the King’s Church – the Anglican Church
(1) They wanted to do things their own way
(a) They believed that Anglican Church members should bypass the king
(b) Priesthood of the believer
(i) Believer and God only
2) The Puritans settled in Boston in Massachusetts Bay in 1630.
a) How many Puritans came to Massachusetts Bay?
i) 1,000 in 17 ships
b) How did the Puritans differ from the Separatists?
i) They were pilgrims
(1) religious travelers
ii) They were not pilgrims
(1) They were prepared
iii) They were not Pilgrims
(1) Not on the Mayflower
3) At first, the leaders ran Massachusetts Bay as a company government where they appointed themselves as the leaders.
a) How is that possible?
i) Settlers were members and owners of the Massachusetts Bay Company
(1) Funded the trip themselves
b) Why didn’t the upper class want the lower class to participate in the government?
i) Arrogant superiority
(1) did not trust the lower class’s knowledge
(2) tried to keep the lower class out when possible
c) Was this allowed under the charter?
i) No, all freemen were to be allowed to participate
ii) Freemen found out
iii) Set up General Court like Plymouth
(1) All freemen could vote
(2) no indentured servants, slaves, or women could participate
4) The Puritans had a self-governing colony.
a) What does that mean?
i) They elected their governor
ii) Only church members could vote for governor
5) The church told the state what to do.
a) According to the Puritans, what was the purpose of the state?
i) Relationship was like a girl having her boyfriend do whatever she wanted done
b) What did the state require people to do? (three answers)
i) required everyone to attend the Puritan Church
ii) required citizens to pay taxes to the church to fund it
iii) had the state make laws regarding moral behavior
(1) Blue laws were laws forbidding certain things to be done on Sunday.
(a) no frivolity, stores closed for many years, day of worship, no unnecessary work
6) The Congregational Church was the official state church. Others were persecuted.
a) Why was their church called the Congregational Church?
i) The congregation made the decisions
(1) Chose their own minister instead of him being appointed
b) What does it mean that the Puritans persecuted other religions?
i) The Puritans did not allow freedom of religion
(1) same policy as what they objected to in England
(a) hypocrites
(2) had to be a church member
(a) non-members were harassed
(i) witches
1. Salem witch trials
a. Many arrested on say so of young girls
b. 19 executed
(b) non-members were harried out of the colony
(i) Roger Williams
(ii) Anne Hutchinson
(iii) Thomas Hooker
7)In 1691, a new charter was issued merging Massachusetts Bay with Plymouth and became the royal colony of Massachusetts.
a) Why did it become royal?
i) James II got mad at the colonists and unified all of the colonies from Maine to Delaware under his control
(1) He called it the Dominion of New England
ii) Governor Andros took away representative government
iii) He made the state church be the Anglican Church
iv) James II was kicked out of England
(1) The Glorious Revolution
b) What else did the new charter say?
i) Kept royal governor
ii) Voting rights based on property NOT religion
iii) Freedom of worship
(1) Still Congregational Church as official church