HIST 105 6 10 13 New England o Plymouth 1620 Pilgrims or separating Puritans Church membership was important o Boston 1630 Massachusetts Bay Company or non separating Puritans Grew rapidly in 10 years had 10 000 people Biblical Model for city Came in congregations and families Better gender ratio than Virginia o Interpretation Everything was caused by God from failure to success Became intolerant of other religions Mary Dyer executed in Boston for being a Quaker Cities were built by the right of God Citizenship based on being member of congregation had to have a conversion experience o Stats Higher life expectancy of 65 Women were expected to be pregnant Men had to be married to receive land Church membership very important Not many African slaves until later High literacy rate from Bible reading o Chesapeake to compare Economic model with religious ideology Used headwright system unlike New England Puritan Dilemma o Dissenters Intolerance led to people leaving and establishing their own cities Philadelphia became truly tolerant and grew because of it o Laws Low ranking members were not allowed to wear nice things o Dilemma Since they are a breakaway that left England a country that didn t allow dissenters and differences how can they govern intolerantly when that was why they left Anne Hutchinson held meetings and Bible studies in her home o Calvanism Predestination You have a determined destination before birth to either heaven or hell and nothing you do on earth matters Anne Hutchinson attacked priests for not preaching calvanism o o o o o o Arminianism Jacob Arminious fought predestination and said humans have power to change their entry into heaven Winthrop Governor of Massachusetts Bay Company Fought Anne Hutchinson for going against priests Hutchinson was put on trial She claimed that she saw the light and human laws had no control over her Her claim became known as antinomian Left for Rhode Island and was killed by Indians Later generations of New England Became more economically successful Predestination began falling apart Toleration Act Forced New England colonies to permit others to practice their religion Established churches government official kept records Church of England and Puritans Half way Covenant Enabled churches to keep going with reduced level of intensity Created to allow younger people without a conversion experience to join Indians Were nice at first but grew tense when realized whites were there to stay Puritans would see losses and victories as Gods will Sold Indian captives to the Caribbean Wars would tend to unify the colonists Puritans fought adversity in england when they moved to America adversity disappeared and they fell apart Salem Witch Trials 1692 First trial and execution in Connecticut 87 people accused of witchcraft 32 executed 24 in salem Witch trials happened in Europe as well Defined as someone who is possessed by the devil Most accused were women with no male connections Widow with financial independence with chance to confront men Other women were most accusers Why it ended Governor s wife was accused The accusers were possessed by the accuse ee not trustworthy
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