The Colonization Of Puritans

“ We give food to starving settlers so that they can survive the winter, settlers end up taking all the good land and let the natives starve to death.” Two hundred years before the Puritans arrived in America the European settlers came over to America accidently. Christopher Columbus was trying to find a new route to India, but landed on an Island we now know as America. When Christopher Columbus landed on the island, strange, unknown, people came up to him. He called them Indians because he thought he had landed in India. While getting to learn more about Columbus the Indians learn they have different values than the European settlers and the Puritans, once they arrive two hundred years later. Getting to know the European settlers and the Puritans, the Indians realized their outlooks on Faith, Loyalty, And Laws are vastly different and similar.

The Puritans had what was known as town meetings, which was where members of the community would come and discuss town issues and would then vote using the principal of majority rule. Another form of government the Puritans had was the General Court, which was the state legislature and also a judicial court of appeals. Puritans were known as Congregationalists; that is when the church congregation is independent and is self-governed. Only elected members could serve in the church; they were known as living saints. Among the first Puritans to arrive in the New World was John Winthrop who was appointed governor and his intent was “to create a city upon a hill”. This city was to act as an example for the rest of the world. Now because of the Puritans we have democracy and forms of congregationalism which took part in politically developing the New England

Pilgrims were the first to arrive on the Mayflower. They were expected to land in Virginia, but trailed off course, landing in Plymouth. They created the Mayflower Compact which states that all who sign the document were to remain faithful to the king and behave like a good citizen. The Pilgrims worked nicely with the Pequot Indians. They had the help of Squanto and Samoset, who taught them how to farm and survive. The Puritans were the second group of individuals to arrive in Massachusetts. John Winthrop, the first governor, wanted to create a tight-knit community and a model society for Christians. This was known as “City Upon a Hill”. They developed laws that was connected with the church and the state. The Puritans valued education, so they built Harvard University to train Puritan ministers. There was also religious tension with the Puritans. Kids of religious parents didn’t want a public conversion. The church wanted the kids to stay, so they created the Half-Way Covenant. It stated that the kids can continue becoming Puritans if they read the Bible and had parents who went through a public conversion. Next, there was a crisis with witchcraft, known as the Salem Witch Trials. The settlers were afraid of witches, connecting it with the Devil. When the kids started behaving oddly, blame was casted towards women and

The settlers who established on the northern east coast were strictly searching for a land with religious freedom. The Puritans, followers of John Calvin, settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In England, they wished to purify the Anglican Church but were persecuted by King James I. The Puritans believed in well-ordered communities and families. They stressed education and the specific roles for males and females. The Pilgrims, or Separatists, founded Plymouth Colony and wrote the Mayflower Compact as a self government document by taking advantage of a loophole in their charter. This was the first self government treaty in North America. They believed that the English church was so corrupt that they had to establish their own independent congregations. As time passed, the New England settlements grew in population and diversity and split into different colonies such as Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and

All thirteen colonies have their similarities, given the fact that they came from the same place. However, there are many more differences than similarities in relation to political leadership, religious beliefs, geography, economical activities, reasons of founding, relations with Native Americans, labor force, and education. The many differences depend mostly on location of the colony. The Middle, Southern, and New England colonies’ geographical locations affect economical activities, and more.

1. Plymouth, MA was founded with the initial goal of allowing Pilgrims, and later Puritans, to worship independent of the Church of England. Their society, ironically, was very intolerant itself and any dissenters were pushed out of the colony.

In 1630, the Pilgrims settled in what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts. Their first few months consisted of deplorable weather conditions, infertile soil, and fights with Native Americans. However future colonies learned from their mistakes. By 1700, England had moved on to settling more of the “New World”. The other two colonies would make many improvements to try to make their colony the most appealing, some even sent out brochures to promote themselves and get more colonists. Government, religion, and economy were all very important to the colonists and made or break a colony's future.

However, these two colonies, while both being founded by religious dissidents, had a plethora of differences and uniqueness between them. Plymouth came from a group of dissidents known as separatists that wanted to separate church from royal control. These people became known as Pilgrims. Seeking religious freedom, they sailed for 65 days on the Mayflower to form a colony in Virginia. Though their initial destination was Jamestown, the Pilgrims landed way off course and decided to set up a colony there, Plymouth. Like those of Jamestown, the Plymouth inhabitants faced many hardships and much of the population perished. However, while Jamestown survived primarily due to powerful leaders, Plymouth was saved by friendly Natives that shared their knowledge for farming and harvest which led up to a feast that became the first Thanksgiving. Though it did not explode with success, Plymouth fared much better than Jamestown and paved the way for a national

The New England colonies were founded by English Puritans, and a small group of Puritans, called Separatist, sailed to Plymouth on the May Flower in 1620. Next, John Winthrop founded the Massachusetts Bay in 1630. Nonetheless, all of this didn’t come easy to them. In the winter of 1620 – 1621, only forty – four Plymouth pilgrims survived out of 102. The Massachusetts Bay was not a democracy because Winthrop believed common people couldn’t rule. Also, people who challenged the church

William had his viewpoints on religious freedom for the colonists. Therefore, colonists were able to have their own beliefs and thoughts without having to be judged. The Plymouth colony was shaped out of lower class people and ministers. Because of this, Plymouth could prosper and be an improvement over Jamestown because the lower class would be doing the work at the farms and as indentured servants. William Bradford was able to have his colony well equipped to deal with environmental struggles and the colonists were able to survive because they would work in groups to have each others

To begin with, the social interests of European leaders and colonial citizens were very different. By the time the first settlers had come to America, their religious views were already very different from those of European leaders. This began with the Pilgrims and the Puritans, who came to America, searching for a place to practice their religion and create a Christian society. As the Pilgrims settled in Plymouth, they decided to allow religious toleration. When Charles I became the English king, he ruled by divine right, and began to persecute Puritans, forcing them to flee to America. Lead by John Winthrop, these Puritans aimed to create a Christian society in America that would serve as a model for the Europeans. These views were radically different from those of European leaders. The European leaders rejected religious toleration. Europeans believed that without a single ruling religion, society would be doomed.

In the early 1600’s, England sent out its first wave of explorers to colonize in the New world which would send ripples for years to come. Roughly, a little over a decade after the establishment of Jamestown, England sent over another ship that would then colonize a new place in New England known as Plymouth. Although these two were both settled by the English, both became vastly different places by the 1700’s. This is because of the planning, execution, and goals set forth by the two groups and how they overall acted with the land and people around them, which in the end shaped the colonies in more ways than one.

The pilgrims wanted to separate themselves from the Catholic Church of England which is why they were called Separatists and wanted to find a place where they had Freedom of Religion and were ready to sacrifice everything they had in England to travel to America so they could practice their faith how they wanted to. They took the Mayflower a ship that would take them to Virginia but when they got there they landed in New Hampshire instead. Since there were no laws there the 40 men in the ship came up with the Mayflower Compact which said “they would agree to make and obey all just and equal law that would be in the overall best interest of their new colony and not favor one religious group from one another” and this was the start of Democracy in America. When the Pilgrims found the place where they were going to settle they named it Plymouth Colony and it wasn’t smooth sailing from there because half of the members in the mayflower died due to poor living conditions and diseases but those who survived did so with the help of Matsui the Wampanoag Chief who offered the Pilgrims shelter and food throughout the winter after they celebrated with the tribe which is later known as

In my thesis I contend that the Puritan society was successful because they came with family and friends from the same town or homes they originated from. Puritans also distributed lands amongst charters which created a stable economic status for all of the people living in the community. They were also able to befriend any neighboring Native Americans to avoid conflict that can harm or destroy their new successful society. Puritans came to New England with a new self-rule, meaning they left England because of religious persecution held against them. They were able to create a new successful society that lasted a very long time.

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1630. This colony was founded by a group of Puritans, around 1000, who broke away from The Church of England in seek of a new form of government. They were hoping to create a new political government, and completely restart without the influence of the Church of England. They were given a charter by King Charles I, and were able to commercially trade and start profiting. This was just the beginning of their new land, and they hoped for it to become a prosperous land with a theocratic government.