Expansion and Diversity: The Rise of Colonial America, 1625-1700
The Stuart Dynasty in England
Name, Reign Relation to America
James I, 1603-1625
VA., Plymouth founded; Separatists persecuted
Charles I, 1625-1649
Civil Wars, 1642-1649; Mass., MD formed
Interregnum, 1649-1660
Commonwealth; Protectorate (Oliver Cromwell)
Charles II, 1660-1685
The Restoration; Carolina, Pa., N.Y. founded; Conn. chartered
James II, 1685-1688
Catholic trend; Glorious Revolution, 1688
William and Mary, 1689-1702
(Mary died in 1694)
King William's War, 1689-1697
The New England Way
One of the earliest regions to prosper in North America was New England.
1630 Puritans led Great Migration to New England.
A City Upon A Hill, 1625-1642
Charles I (ruled 1625-1649)
Anglican authorities undertook a systematic campaign to eliminate Puritan influence within the Church of England.
Bishops insisted on services based on Book of Common Prayer, which prescribed rituals similar to Catholic practices.
Result: Puritan ministers were dismissed who refused new practices, and church courts fined or excommunicated Puritan laypersons.
Result: Several Puritan merchants obtained charter to colonize at Massachusetts Bay, north of Plymouth, in 1628 (Massachusetts Bay Company) to escape harassment.
Massachusetts Bay vs. Plymouth
Similarities: Puritan dominated, self-governing colony rather than controlled from England by stockholders, proprietors, or the crown.
Both primarily attracted landowning farm families of modest means, most of them receptive if not actively committed to Calvinism.
Differences: Massachusetts leaders were nonseparatists, advocating the reform of, rather than separation from the Anglican Church.
Massachusetts Bay Company
In 1630, sent out 11 ships and 700 passengers under Governor John Winthrop.
John Winthrop
“A Model of Christian Charity”
Spelled out new colony’s utopian goals.