Bay colonies

In 1631, Roger Williams left England and arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where he worked as a minister. However, his divergent views on religious freedom, and the rights of the Natives cause him to be banished from the colony. He then bought land from the Narragansett Natives, and created a new colony, which is now known as Providence, Rhode Island. Providence quickly became a home for Quakers, Jews, and other religious minorities. Although Williams was a minister, he was a strong supporter

Massachusetts Bay Colony: The Threat of Anne Hutchinson Anne Hutchinson was tried and banished from the colony by the Massachusetts Bay General Court in November of 1637 (35). Hutchinson had arrived in Massachusetts Bay after her minister and mentor John Cotton had fled there to avoid the summons to London he had received from the Archbishop Laud to answer for his behavior in continuing as a Puritan minister despite the reforms King Charles had placed banishing such practices (36-37). The Hutchinson

The Old Deluder Satan Law written and recorded in 1647. The author of the law was the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Massachusetts Bay Colony was the first organized colony of England and established rules to elect officials and enact laws. The law was written to give compulsory education, hence, founding public school education in the United States. This document specified two laws: appoint a teacher and/or build a school. The law states that communities with at least 50 children would have to assign

The document “the Massachusetts Bay Colony Case Against Anne Hutchinson” from Thomas Hutchinson, History of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay, vol. II, 1767 and “John Winthrop’s “City Upon a Hill” from 2013 The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, both were somewhat in the same ball park, but they didn’t take place at the same time. Both documents are seven years apart, which means even though they weren’t in the same year they were in the same era. Each document took place in

with the Massachusetts Bay Company. The most obvious demographic targeted by these points are those of the Puritan religion, as seven of the nine points used to justifying the venture directly related to the church or Bible, one of which is to counteract efforts carried out by Jesuit Catholic missionaries. Furthermore, some preference seems to be given for those of elevated economic condition while the poor are given some hope of social and economic improvement in the new colony, the wealthy are actively

of England believed in, causing more devout Puritans to want to break away from the Church of England. The Plymouth colony was successful because of the abundant harvest of 1621, the gradual growth of an economy, and the leadership of William Bradford. Puritans came to America to escape the persecutions Archbishop William Laud was placing upon Puritans The Massachusetts Bay Colony was democratic in the sense that there was no absolute singular ruler over the settlers, but only those who were freemen

The colonies in the New World finally began to take shape. However, this didn’t happen overnight. There were complications with the Old World, Native Americans, and within their own colonies. Nevertheless, the thirteen colonies erupted along the Atlantic seaboard. 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

The religious intolerance found in the Bay Colonies lead to the colony of Rhode Island being founded by Roger Williams, a Separatist who desired to completely break away from the Church of England, unlike his Puritan counterparts. To make matters worse for the Puritan leaders, Williams also questioned the taking of the Native’s land and the authority the civil government held over religious practices. The Puritan leaders found the last point very dangerous because it undermined the exact idea of

Making empires was not the primary goal of the English colonies. The true goal was to build unique and successful colonies. Those that did were rewarded. Massachusetts Bay and Chesapeake colonies were both similar and different. The first colony to have been founded in the Chesapeake area was Virginia, the first three ships sent out were Discovery, Godspeed, and Susan Constant. The first attempt never quite flourished as it would with John Rolfe. Disease from water contamination caused most of the

many English colonists settled into colonies in America, otherwise known as the “New World”. There were many reasons to do so, whether it be for economic benefit or to avoid religious persecution. These original 13 colonies began developing fast with the help from the English, growing population wise and government wise. Two specific areas included the New England and Chesapeake colonies. The Chesapeake colonies included Maryland and Virginia, while the colonies of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut