3. Plymouth Colony
First settlement, Plymouth 1620
Founded by the Separatists (Pilgrims)
Separatists, in search of religious
freedom, first traveled to Holland (The
Netherlands)
Left Holland for North America on the
Mayflower
102 passengers of which half died in the
first winter.
6. Massachusetts Bay
The Great Migration
Between 1629 and 1640 15,000 people left
England for New England.
Governor John Winthrop
The Puritans
Governing the Colony
King Philip’s War
The Salem Witch Trials
8. King Philip’s War
Metacom or King Philip and the
Wampanoag raided English towns in
New England in 1675
600 settlers killed
12 towns ruined
War lasted 14 months
Resulted in the enslavement of 1000
Native Americans
10. The Salem Witch Trials
1692 Betty Parris, 9 years old, and
Abigail Williams, 11 years old, began to
have seizures.
Tituba
Accusations
Spectral Evidence
Examination of a Witch
11. Salem Witch Trials
The Lesson of Fear or Mass Hysteria
150 People imprisoned, 26 people went
on trial, 19 people executed (14 Women
and 5 Men), at least 5 people died in
prison, 6 dogs hanged.
Giles Corey pressed to death.
Hysteria ended when important powerful
people were accused as witches.
15. Roger Williams
Puritan Minister in Salem Ma.
Banished from Massachusetts Bay due
to beliefs
Separation between church and state
Land belongs to Native Americans and
should be purchased from them
Religious toleration
16. Anne Hutchinson
Devout Puritan
Friends met at her home to discuss
sermons.
Developed her own opinions.
General Court of Ma. Reacts.
Trial
Banishment to Rhode Island
19. Connecticut
1636, Thomas Hooker, a Puritan
Minister settles 100 followers at Hartford
Ct.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Gave vote to all men who were property
owners including people who did not belong
to the church
Limited the governor’s power
21. New Hampshire
Originally part of Massachusetts Bay
Land grant given to John Mason and Sir
Fernando Gorges in 1629.
Odiorne Point near Rye settled by
fisherman led by David Thompson in
1623.
Strawberry Banke, 1629
Separated from Ma. In 1680.