The English Colonies Flashcards
Puritans did not welcome people whose ideas about religion were ________ from theirs.
Different
When Puritan leaders didn’t approve of someone’s ideas, they sent that person back to _______ or another _______ colony.
England or another English colony.
in 1633, ________ and his family arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and settled in Salem where he became a _______.
Roger Williams
Minister
Why was Roger Williams a popular minister?
He shared with many people the same beliefs: They believed that their church should be separated from the colonial government and free from the rule of the church of England. They believed people shouldn’t be punished if their beliefs were different from those of the Puritan leaders.
Why was Roger Williams forced to leave the Massachusetts Bay colony?
He shared his beliefs in his sermons and letters he wrote to John Withdrop. His ideas became unpopular with other ministers and with John.
After Roger Williams was forces to leave, Williams and his family went to Narragansett Bay. They received food and protection from the ______. Many of the Williams’ followers left Salem and joined him. He bought a land and founded a settlement called __________, which later became the capital of the present-day Rhode Island.
Indians
Providence
Anne Hutchinson and her husband, William moved to North America in 1634 and settled in Boston. She began to ________ of the Puritan ministers and teachings. She attracted many followers and started her own religious meetings at home where she started her own beliefs. Hutchinson was brought to trial on charges of ___________, the use of speech or behavior that causes people to work against a government. She was found ________ and had to leave the colony. She was expelled from the Puritan church.
Question Authority
Sedition
Guilty
Anne Hutchinson moved to ________ with her family an followers. They founded a settlement on an island near Providence. The settlement later united with the one found by Roger Williams under the charter that formed the Rhode Island Colony.
Narragansett Bay
Colonists left the Massachusetts Bay Colony to find better ________. People began moving into the Connecticut River Valley and settled the Wethersfield settlement
Farm land
Why did Thomas Hooker leave the Massachusetts Bay colony for Connecticut?
He didn’t like the way the colonies Puritan Leaders tried to influence the lives of the colonists and thought that a government should be based on what its people wanted.
Thomas Hooker went to the Connecticut River Valley and founded the settlement of _______.
Hartford
Hartford united with Windsor and Wethersfield to create the _____________
Connecticut Colony
What were the fundamental orders?
They were the first written plan of government in North America that allowed Connecticut’s voters to elect their leaders.
People who left the Massachusetts Bay Colony also settled in what is now ________. David Thomson founded the first settlement named strawberry banke. Strawberry banke and other settlements nearby were united under a charter from King Charles II as the New Hampshire Colony
New Hampshire
Fighting began between the Pequots and the colonists in the Connecticut River Valley. The Pequots wanted to stop the colonists from taking over Indian lands. The colonists defeated the Pequots. This was known as the ____________.
Pequot War
