HIST 105 1st Edition Lecture 4Outline of Last Lecture I. Sot Weed Recap II. Virginia 1624III. Indentured Servants IV. How/ Why Turn to Slavery?Outline of Current Lecture I. Pilgrims II. Puritans- Why leave England? Current LectureNote: Puritans orderly settlement descended into chaos; Puritans NOT IN VIRGINIA!Catholic ->Church of England (Anglican, “Protestant”) -> Puritans (Purify the Church of England)-> Pilgrims (Basic and Strict)I. Pilgrims (S) - Wanted to be left alone - Lower socioeconomic status - Leave England to go to Netherlands Did not want their children to marry with the Dutch - Ask Virginia Company for land in America Present-day Maryland Got off course and landed in Massachusetts (NOT VA!!!)o 1620- Land in Plymouth William Mayflower Mayflower compact Landed at horrible time of year ½ died during the first winter Had good relationships with Native Americans at first These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. Pilgrims did not practice religious tolerationII. Puritans - Middle-Upper Class (lawyers, merchants, master craftsmen) - Purify Church of England - “On a mission from God” City on a hill (perfect society) Model community for the world- England- everyone must pay taxes to support the Church of England - Some puritans were members of parliament Wanted to change the tax law o Late 1620s- King Charles in charge - Decides to rule as absolute ruler- Thought he had divine right- Charles does not call parliament into session (puritans can't change law)- Puritans form joint stock Company Massachusetts Bay Colony- Decide to go to North America and start model community o 1630- Large numbers of puritans in Massachusetts - John Winthrop- / Arbellao 1630-1643- Puritan great migration - ~ 20,000 Puritans to Massachusetts- Turn Massachusetts Bay Colony into their governmento 1643- English Civil War - Royalists vs. Commonwealth (puritans) Puritans won and beheaded King Charles o 1649- Puritans in charge in England (also in
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