Transcript Chapter 5: The New England Colonies

England has 13 colonies in North
America!
Chapter 5:
The New England
Colonies
Massachusetts (MA)
Connecticut (CT)
Rhode Island (RI)
New Hampshire (NH)
The Massachusetts Bay
Colony
Lesson 1
A City on a Hill
• 10 years after the Pilgrims a new group of
religious settlers called the Puritans founded a
new colony.
• Puritans did NOT want to separate from the
Church of England.
• They wanted to make the church more “pure.”
• In 1628 a group of Puritans helped form a
company to settle in America.
• King Charles I gave the company a charter.
• The Puritans’ 1st settlement was
named Salem in present-day
Massachusetts, led by John
Endecott.
• In 1630 John Winthrop brought
more Puritans from England to
start the 2nd settlement.
• These new villages were near
present-day Boston,
Massachusetts.
• Winthrop helped them form a
confederation so settlers would
be able to defend themselves
from enemies.
A Puritan Village
• In the center of each
Puritan village was a
common.
• At one end of the common
was the church sometimes
called a meetinghouse.
• Other buildings might be a
general store, blacksmith
shop, or school.
• Schools were important
because Puritans wanted
everyone to be able to
read the Bible.
• Puritans began to
develop community
schools.
• Some of these schools
still exist. (Harvard
University!)
• Small villages helped
people feel they
belonged to a
community AND the
minister could keep his
authority.
The Meetinghouse
• The meetinghouse was at the center of village life
because it could be where church was held.
• At church the minister gave a sermon that could last
for hours.
• The meetinghouse is also where town meetings
were held.
• Every year people were elected to public offices.
• Offices that people held were: constable, digger of
graves, drummer, the town crier, and fence viewer.
Home and Farm Life
• The main room in a Puritan home had a large
fireplace that was always kept burning.
• Women spent many hours preparing food
each day and making clothing.
• Many Puritan men spent days in the field
growing corn, wheat, pumpkins and squash.
• English colonists living in the Caribbean
traded with New England colonists. New
England traded their crops for sugar.
• The Puritans also raised
cattle and hogs for food
and sheep for wool.
• They made their own tools
and shoes.
• Because of religious
beliefs, children were not
allowed to play with toys.
• Instead, children read
religious books and games
like tag and leapfrog.
Imagine you have been asked to write
a newspaper article about the Puritans
of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Tell
about the reasons why they settled
there and the kinds of communities
they started.
You may use your book and for full
credit you must include 4 true facts
about the Puritans.