Dissenters of the Bible Commonwealth

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Dissenters of the Bible Commonwealth

• Very early on, social harmony is high.
• Anne Hutchinson- against predestination.
• Holy life not a sure sign of salvation, truly
  saved need not to bother to obey the law of
  either God or man.
• On trial- said got message from God.
• Banishment

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Dissenters of the Bible Commonwealth

• Roger Williams- extreme separatists
• Clean break from COE
• Condemned charter for being giving proper
  compensation to Natives.
• Government cannot regulate religious behavior
• Colony- wanted to send him back to England

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Rhode Island

• Friendly Natives bring him to Rhode Island area.
• Established religious freedom
• Disagrees with Quakers but provides them with
  shelter.

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Rogues Island

• Early on- all have the right to vote.
• All exiles and dissenters find refuge there.
• Only common trait among them- no place else to
  go.
• Hugely individualistic and independent.
• Becomes legal after charter in 1644

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NE Spreads Out

• Connecticut River- one of few fertile areas in
  NE.
• Dutch and English
• Hartford- 1635

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NE spreads out

• Thomas Hooker leads group of Boston Puritans to
  area.
• 1639-Fundamental Orders- increased voting rights
  and allows more people to run for office.
• A modern constitution

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NE Spreads out

• New Haven (Conn. Settlement)
• Goal- form an even stronger alliance between
  church and state.
• 1662- charter merges New Haven with more
  democratic settlements of Conn. Valley.

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NE Spreads out

• Maine and New Hampshire very active in fishing.
• Mass Bay colony absorbs them.
• King is displease by Mass Bay greed
• 1679- New Hampshire is separated and made into a
  royal colony.

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Lets play Puritans and Indians

• Before arriving in Plymouth, epidemic sweeps
  area killing 75 of the population.
• The cleared land of the Natives attracted
  settlers.
• Natives cannot resists, basically forced to ally
  with settlers.

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Lets play Puritans and Indians

• Greed for land drives settlers further inland.
• Results in Pequot War 1634-1638
• English and Narragansett tribe vs. Pequot nation
• Results- Pequot tribe almost extinct.
• Starts four decades of peace

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King Phillips War 1675-1676

• Metacom- intertribal unity is needed to defeat
  English
• 90 of Phillips men dead.
• 400 colonists killed, 12 villages completely
  destroyed

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King Phillips War The Cause

• Prayer Towns- areas where Natives can voluntarily
  go to become English through conversion.
• Praying Indian- John Sassamon tell colonial
  officials about Metacoms plan for attack.
• Before an investigation could occur, Sassamon is
  found dead.

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King Phillips War- The Effects

• Will slow colonists westward march
• Completely kills the spirit of NE Natives.
• Down in numbers, dispirited and disbanded, they
  now only are sporadic threats to NE.

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Seeds of Colonial Unity

• NE Confederation- Mass Bay Colony, Plymouth,
  Conn, and New Haven.
• Purpose- defend against Natives, French, and
  Dutch.
• Each colony gets two votes.
• Runaway servants and criminals under their
  jurisdiction
• Maine and RI left out- Why?

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Benign Neglect

• Colonies are used to being self sufficient.
• Charles II restores order in England.
• Become more active in colonies.
• Outraged at Mass. Bay for not following orders.

• Gets back at Mass Bay.
• 1. Gave rival Conn. A sea to sea charter
• 2.Rhode Island gets a charter
• 3.1684- Bay Colony gets charter revoked.

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Dominion of NE 1686

• Created by Royal Authority
• First limited to NE, then NY and East/West Jersey
• Hoped to bolster colonial defense.

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Dominion of NE

• Larger purpose- Enforce Navigation Laws
• Increased surveillance of NE shipping.
• Can no longer trade with countries outside the
  Crown.
• Colonial smuggling takes off.

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Dominion of NE

• Lead by Edmund Andros
• Militaristic, supported COE, enforced unpopular
  navigation laws.
• Glorious (bloodless) Revolution- William III and
  Mary II take over.
• Dominion of NE crumbles, Andros shipped back.