The Colonization of New England
The Declaration Of Independence
- Equality among all
- Representation and Governance
- Freedom of speech
- Corruption & Religion
- Economic Independence and Prosperity
Role Of Mother Country
Economic, Social, Political Persecution
- Puritans for Separatists Reformation -- Pilgrims -- Mayflower Compact
- Charles & Laud vs. Parliament, (Blum, 22)
- Massachusetts Bay Company -- Autonomy
- The Great Migration
- Extremely Strained Relationship with England
- The Dominion of New England - 1686
Labor Systems
Treatment Of Native Americans
- Major labor systems --> trading, merchants, farming
- Massachusetts Bay company
- good working conditions
- diverse work
- allowed participation in government
- Men and slaves were laboring
- Were treated as slaves and savages
- Colonists took Native American land for their own use
- King Philip's War took place
- Populations decreased
- Economy downturn
- colonists had to rebuild 12 cities
Mercantilism
- Highly Oppressive - most devastating here
- Unlike other colonies - not mutually beneficial
- Not resources, trades, competition with England
- Access to Global Ports
- English earn through taxation and duties
- Navigation Acts
Social Structure and Class System
Role of Religion and the Church
- Geography -- No farming, no "exploitative" labor
- Demography -- family oriented, more females, Congregationalists > Separatists
- Politics -- religious society, non-religious governance, representation
- Puritan Republic, "City upon a Hill," Utopian (Divine 45)
- Classes -- Clergy, freemen, women, slaves -- More Egalitarian
- Balance: Religious Society without Political Power
- Purpose of Government - Enforce God's Laws
- Ministers - no political power
- Massachusetts - freemen = churchmen - vote
- RI and CT - Inclusive Voting Practices
- Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Works Cited
Blum, John, et al. The National Experience. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc, 1993. Print.
Divine, Robert A. et al. America Past & Present. New York: Pearson Education, 2007. Print.
Foner, Eric. The New American History. Philadelphia: Temple UP, 1990. Print.