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Social Studies
New England Colonies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who were the Puritans | They had disagreements with the Church of England and instead of separating from the Church they wanted to reform it |
| How did people make a living in the New England colonies? (3 ways) | Farmers grew crops and made leather goods Fishing Shipping industry |
| Who was John Wheelwright? | He founded a colony in New Hampshire after being forced out of Massachusetts due to his agreement with Anne Hutchinson’s teachings |
| What was the Massachusetts Bay Company? | 900 Puritans that had received a charter to establish colonies in Massachusetts and New Hampshire led by John Winthrop. |
| What was the Puritan’s primary reason behind colonizing in America? How did they contradict this? | Answer 1:To worship as they chose Answer 2:They did not give non-Puritans the same right |
| What were town meetings? | An assembly of townspeople that decides local issues |
| What did the town meeting do? (3 things) | *set taxes and elected people to run the towns * gave New Englanders the opportunity to speak their minds *encouraged the growth of democratic ideas |
| Who was John Winthrop? | A respected lawyer and landowner that led the Massachusetts Bay Company |
| Who was Roger Williams? | Minister of the church in Salem who believed the Puritans should split entirely from the Church of England – settled a colony in Rhode Island |
| What did Anne Hutchinson do? | Questioned some of the Puritan teachings and held worship in her home |
| What was the General Court? | Massachusetts Bay’s elected assembly |
| How long could the General Court and the governor serve for before reelection? | 1 year |
| Who was Thomas Hooker? | Minister that disagreed with Puritan leaders, settling in Connecticut |
| religious toleration | There would be no established, or official church; people of all faiths could worship as they see fit |
| How did Roger Williams’ colony in Rhode Island differ greatly from that of Massachusetts Bay? | Those who settled there could practice their religion however they so choose |
| Who was Anne Hutchinson? | Boston woman who was put on trial and expelled from Massachusetts Bay for speaking against the Puritan Church |
| What were the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut? | Government of Connecticut in which the legislature and governor would be elected |
| What did Roger Williams criticize the colonists for? | Criticized colonists that had seized Native American lands, specified that colonists should pay Native Americans for their land |
| What Happened, after the Puritans reformed England, to practicing Christianity? | People practiced less and less by generation and their main focus was on running farms and businesses. |
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