Andrea Bolling

September 2, 2008
A.P. US History
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Chapter 3 “Settling the Northern

Colonies”

INTRODUCTION
This chapter begins by describing the relationship between the Northern and
Southern colonies in the 1600’s. The purpose of this introduction is to describe how
the colonies were bound together only by common language and a common
allegiance to Mother England. The colonies had different patterns in society,
established different kinds of settlements, values and even political systems. The
only thing that shaped the earliest of settlements was religious devotion.

T HE P R OT ESTAN T R EF ORM AT ION P R ODUCE S P UR ITAN ISM

A) John Calvin of Geneva unknowingly shaped the destiny of an unknown nation.
1) In 1517 John Calvin nailed his protests against Catholic doctrines to
Wittenberg’s cathedral.
2) Calvinism became the dominant religion to New England Puritans, the
Scottish Presbyterians, French Huguenots and communicants of the Dutch
Reformed Church.
a) King James I became head of the State and the church from 1603 to 1625
i) As a result the King James threatened to harass the Separatists out of the
land.

THE PILGRIMS END THEIR PILGRIMAGE AT PLYMOUTH

A) A congregation of Separatists who were fleeing royal wrath left for Holland.
1) They longed for a safe place to live and die.
 B) The Pilgrims didn’t make their first landing at Plymouth Rock.
3) As a result they became squatters because without legal right/
documentation to the land they couldn’t call t their own
c) The pilgrims first winter left only 44 out of 102.
1) But in autumn of 1621 God made them prosperous.

THE BAY COLONY BIBLE COMMON WEALTH

A) Charles I dismissed Parliament in 1629
1) Many Puritans saw catastrophe in the making
Archbishop Laud said that the bay Colony Puritans were “swine which rooted
in God’s vineyard”.

BUILDING THE BAY COLONY

A) “Freemen” (adult males who belonged to Puritan congregations) were the
only ones allowed to vote in provincial elections.
B) Town governments were concluded by male property holders.
C) Despite their spiritual intensity the Puritans were very worldly.
1) They ate plentifully, drank heartily, sand songs and made love

TROUBLE IN THE BIBLE COMMON WEALTH

A) Quakers who denied the Puritan clergy were either fined, flogged or
banished.
1) Anne Hutchinson was one of four Quakers hung because she argued
against the churches idea at predestination. She believed that a holy life
was no sure sign of salvation and that the truly saved didn’t need to listen
to the laws of men or God.
B) The Puritan judges banished Anne because they believed she would
pollute the Puritan experiment.
2) She moved to New York where she and most her family were killed by
Native Americans.

THE RHODE ISLAND SEWER

A) Roger Williams fled from the Puritans governments laws with the help of
friendly Native Americans.
1) He set up the first Baptist church in America.
2) He even helped the abused Quakers escape from the government
NEW ENGLAND SPREADS OUT
A) New Haven fell into disfavor with King Charles II because they provided
shelter for two of the judges that condemned his father to death.
B) In return the crown granted a charter to Connecticut that combined New
Haven with other democratic settlements.

PURITANS VERSUS INDIANS

A) An epidemic swept through the coastal tribes and killed more than three
quarters of the Native people
1) The Wampanoag befriended the English because of their weakened state
B) More settlers arrived and pushed inland
2) This caused an explosion of wars between the Natives and English which
resulted in the deaths of hundreds of men, women and children on both
sides.

SEEDS OF COLONIAL UNITY AND INDEPENDENCE

A) In 1643 four colonies came together to form the New England
Confederation
1) They were the defense against potential threats
B) Charles II was restored to the English throne in 1660
2) The Puritans hopes of old English died.

Andros Promotes the First American Revolution

A) In 1686 the Dominion of New England was created by royal authority.
1) It expanded 2 years later to New York, East and West Jersey.
B) Sir Edmund Andros was the head of this new dominion.
2) He caused much hostility by his alliance with the Church of England. He
ruthlessly restricted the town meetings, courts, press, and the schools.

Old Netherlanders at New Netherland

A) The people of the Netherlands won their independence from Catholic Spain
with the aid of Protestant England.
1) As a result this lowland nation emerged as a major commercial and naval
power and then turned on England
B) Three Anglo-Dutch wars were fought.

Friction with English and Swedish Neighbors

 A) Company shareholders demanded their dividends at the expense of the
colony.
1) Native American workers outraged by this retaliated with horrible
massacres.
B) New Sweden soon faded away to leave behind Delaware

Dutch Residues In New York

A) New Netherland lay under the intimidating shadow of the

English colonies to the North.
B) Not to mention that the Dutch’s on the Hudson, days were
number because the English saw them as intruders.

Penn’s Holy Experiment in Pennsylvania

A) “Quakers” were established during the middle of the 1600s and they
officially became known as the Religious Society of Friends
B) William Penn was a young man who was attracted to the Quaker faith and in
1681 he was granted a charter for land to create a safe haven for runaway
Quakers. The king called this area Pensylvania (Penn’s Woodland)

Quaker Pennsylvania and Its Neighbors

A) Penn’s tolerance towards the Native Americans ended up being

his undoing
1) As more people came into Pennsylvania the more people
undermined the Quaker’s benevolence policy towards Native
Americans.

B The Quakers ended in 1702 when both Jerseys were sold to the
royal community.

The Middle Way in the Middle Colonies

A) New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania all had

similar geographic features
B) All had fertile soil and the “virginal” forests provided
lumbering and ship building