Plymouth Rock Colony
- Founded in 1620
- Located in the Soutteast part of Massachusetts around Cape Cod.
- 2nd permanent site of an English colony in present day U.S.A.
- The London Co funded this expedition, so the mother country is indeed England
Plymouth
- The two shipd that sailed over to U.S.A. were the Mayflower and Speedwell
- Around 90 people on the Mayflower and 30 on the Speedwell
- Variety of people made the journey; indentured servants, Puritans, and Separatists
- This area in the land is also considered to be New England
- Mayflower Compact was their document for the intent of which was to establish a means of governing the colony
- The colony/settlement also suffered a terrible first winter as well
- Lost over 40 percent of the settlers
- Issues: couldn’t build houses, many continued to stay on the ships
Plymouth KEY PLAYER
- Myles Standish
- An English military officer who was hired by the Pilgrims as a military advisor
- He was elected to the office of commander by the Plymouth Colony militia
- Known for his attacks in the Nemasket raid and the Wessagusset massacre
- Known for his courage when fighting against the Native Americans, but also his brutality.
- Tisquantum
- Aka Squanto
- A Native American who helped the settlers out after their first winter in the New World
- In 1614, he was captured by Thomas Hunt, a lieutenant of John Smith and sold in slavery
- He then was able to convince the English to send his back home, and they allowed this and he was able to learn a lot of English during this time
- Known for helping the Pilgrims in their first Thanksgiving
Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Settled in 1626
- Located in the northeast part of modern day Mass.
- Originally set up to be a fishing community
- The mother contry of Salem in indeed England
- Their founder is Roger Conant
KEY PLAYERS
- John Winthrop
- A wealthy English Puritan lawyer
- Served as governor for 12 of the first 20 years of existence
- He was a very religious man even by Puritan standards
- His son. John, became a founder of Connecticut
- John Hathorne
- Born into a well-established Salem family on Augus t5,1641
- Salem magistrate and was chosen by Governor Sir William Phips to be a judge in the Salem Witch Trials
- Known for treating he “witches” as they were guilty and that they needed to prove their innocence
- Known as the hanging judge
Colony of Connecticut
- Was an English colony located in North Americ that became the U.S. state of Connecticut
- Originally known as the River Colony, it was organized on March 3,1636 as a haven for Puritan gentlemen
- After early struggles with the Cutch, the English had gained control of the colony permanently by the late 1630s
- Two other English colonies in the present-day state of Connecticut were merged into the Colony of Connecticut were merged into the Colony of Connecticut: Saybrook Colony in 1644 and New Haven Colony in 1662
- The Charted Oak Incident also occurred in the colony of Connecticut
KEY PLAYERS
- Thomas Hooker
- Was a prominent Puritan colonial leader
- Left Mass. Bay Colony when he became upset with church leaders there
- He was also an author who wrote of very religious issues and materials expescially in references to elections and appointments
- Known as the Father of Connecticut
- A great speaker of Christianity
- John Haynes
- 5th Governor of Mass. Bay Colony
- 1st governor of Connecticut
- Haynes was influential in the drafting of laws and legal frameworks in both Mass. And Conn.
- He was on the committee that drafted the Fundamental Orders of Conn., which has been called one of the first written constitutions
- John Davenport
- Was an English Puritan clergyman ad co-founder of the American colony of New Haven )Eaton was the other co-founder)
- He was a religious leader who was also a pastor in the church
- John Winthrop the Younger
- Was a founder of Conn.
- Became Conn.
- His father was important in the Mass. Bay Colony
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