1. Why did the Puritans leave England? A. ? They wanted more money B. :-) They wanted religious freedom C. ? They wanted new scenery D. ? They were kicked out 2. What happened third? A. :-) The Council of New England was organized. B. ? The Mayflower Compact was signed. C. ? November 11‚ 1620. D. ? The settlers found the perfect spot to start a settlement at Plymouth. 3. About how many passengers died of disease‚ winter and starvation? A. ?35 B. ? 67 C.
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Richard September 19‚ 2005 The Threat of Anne Hutchinson Questions: What had Anne Hutchinson done? Why was Anne Hutchinson such a threat to the Massachusetts Bay colony? How was Anne Hutchinson’s trial an ordeal for her and how was it an ordeal for the community? Anne Hutchinson‚ for centuries now‚ has been seen as a woman who paved the way for religious freedom. She was a great leader in the cause for religious toleration in America and the advancement of women in society. Anne Hutchinson
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holding any form of religious beliefs. These regions demonstrated fairly tolerant approach to religion‚ but we also notice a gap between what was stated and practiced on religious freedom‚ at the same time. The New England region consisted of Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ New Hampshire and Connecticut. The English Puritans came to settle in large numbers in this area between 1620 and 1640. They had been originally persecuted in their homeland by state and church. The
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John Hancock. In retaliation for the Boston Tea Party‚ the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts of 1774‚ which closed the port of Boston and substituted martial law for the authority of the Massachusetts legislature‚ were seen as unjustified intrusions into the internal affairs of a colony. What had been inflicted on Massachusetts could be applied to other colonies. Finally‚ the Quebec Act of 1774‚ which recognized the rights of Roman Catholics in an enlarged province of Quebec‚ raised anti-Catholic fears‚
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What truly happened amid Salem 1692? Numerous inquiries still frequent numerous Americans at the outset of the twenty-first century. Amid 1692 the general population of Massachusetts were living in trepidation about sinister burdens‚ similar to the same way other people feels about terrorism around the globe today. Everything about witchcraft flare-up amid that year was weird. Numerous reactions to the data were never replied amid the late seventeenth-century when the witchcraft emergency happened
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The Crucible takes place in a real life town called Salem in Massachusetts where the Salem witch trials also took place at‚ during the life at Salem‚ there have some account of witchery within it and when the time came for the trials law‚ it strike salem and other towns very hard‚ accusing the innocents and others using the law to seek revenge of other for either greed/lust of items/land. while the corrupted ones use the law to it’s advantage by accusing others‚ jails and hangings were high by this
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the Church of England to the Puritan lifestyle. The pull for the moderate Puritans‚ like the Separatists‚ was land to practice their religion. They‚ on the other hand‚ had a royal charter‚ the Massachusetts Bay Charter‚ that granted them land for settlement. They decided to colonize present day Massachusetts‚ and create the city of Boston. Finally‚ the Dutch had push and pull factors for colonization of the English Colonies. One push factor for
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the Salem Witch Trials. Interestingly‚ there was another outbreak of mass hysteria in the same town‚ now known as Danvers‚ Massachusetts instead of Salem Village‚ in 2013. Instead of accusing community members of witchcraft‚ a group of teenagers at the Essex Agricultural and Technical School reported inexplicable symptoms such as uncontrollable vocal tics. The Massachusetts State Health Department ruled out that there was any physical cause for the epidemic. The outbreak soon subsided. Though it
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FRQ | 1600 | 1650 | 1699 | Theocracy | Williams and Hutchinson’s challenges to spiritual practices undermine public perception of Puritan Church | Increased influence of other colonies‚ especially Virginia‚ lead to a decline in commitment to the religious/political ideals | Salem Witch trial discredits the Puritan church‚ and much remaining credibility is lost | Economic Equality | ___________________ | Laws forbid the pricing of an item t more than 5% over its actual costs | Rise of free
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in the relations between the Indians and Anglo Americans and the Sovereignty of the Indians. This ultimately led to the war known as King Philip’s War. King Philip’s War talks about the encounters between the Indians‚ and Europeans from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It goes into detail about how the relations with the Europeans and Indians went from neutral or allies to enemies. The book talks about how the Europeans took advantage of the Indians and forced hatred upon themselves by betraying the
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