10. • The Pilgrims came in 1620 to Plymouth,
Massachusetts
• They left England to escape religious
persecution
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13. • Why did they not have as many problems with
the Indians?
1. The Indians had just suffered a plague and were
too weak to fight
2. Pilgrims treated them with respect and shared
the gospel with them
14. • The English settlements were different from
the French and Spanish in three ways:
1. Most were under private investors, not
government funded
2. They brought their families with them
3. They were Protestant
15. Religion
• Initially, every English colony had an
established church that all were required to be
a member of.
• Later religious pluralism was allowed in the
colonies.
• In France and Spanish colonies, you HAD to be
Roman Catholic
16. Education
• English colonies viewed education as
important because you needed to read
Scripture, learn about God and understand His
will.
• The pastors often taught the kids. Later
teachers were hired
17.
18. • In Roman Catholic colonies there was less
emphasis on education
Hinweis der Redaktion
Cash crops enables settlers to pay off debts in England
Set up trial by jury, free market system where prices were set by individuals, not the government
If you refused the church you were expelled from the colony
Parents taught their kids at home. When towns and villages sprung up, one of the first buildings was a schoolTaught reading, writing, speaking and math
Only the wealthy received a basic education…the roman catholics discouraged bible reading
