HY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Manhattan, New Netherland, New England Confederation
29 May 2018
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V. Trouble in the Bible Commonwealth
1. The Bay commonwealth enjoyed a high degree of social harmony.
• The Quakers were persecuted with fines, floggings and banishment.
• Antinomianism was the belief that the elect need not obey the laws of either God or man;
most notably promoted in the colonies by Anne Hutchinson.
• She was banished and fled to Rhode Island, eventually killed by Indians.
2. Roger Williams, an extreme Separatist, was a popular Salem minister who also challenged
the Church. He was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
VI. The Rhode Island “Sewer”
1. Aided by friendly Indians, Roger Williams fled to Rhode Island in 1636. He built the first
Baptist church, and established complete freedom of religion even for Jews and Catholics.
• There were no taxes demanded for the church, no oaths had to be made for religious
beliefs.
2. Rhode Island became individualistic and stubbornly independent.
VII. New England Spreads Out
1. Hartford and Connecticut were founded in 1635.
2. In 1639 the settlers of the new Connecticut River colony drafted the Fundamental orders.
3. 1638- New Haven was established in Connecticut, it was a community founded by puritans.
In 1662 Charles II granted Connecticut a charter. In 1641, New Hampshire was absorbed by
the greedy Massachusetts Bay. The king took it back and made New Hampshire a royal
colony in 1679.
VIII. Puritans Versus Indians
1. Wampanoag Chieftain signed a treaty with the Plymouth Pilgrims and helped them
celebrate the first thanksgiving.
2. Hostility arose between English settlers and Pequot tribe. The English and their
Narragansett Indian allies annihilated the Pequot tribe.
3. In 1675 King Philip, a Massasoit attacked colonist tribes, was defeated in 1676.
IX. Seeds of Colonial Unity and Independence
4. In 1643 four colonies banded together to form the New England Confederation.
5. During the English civil war there was armed conflict between the between royalists and
parliamentarians, resulting in the victory of pro-parliament forces and execution of Charles
I.
X. Andros Promotes the First American Revolution
6. Massachusetts suffered humiliation when the Dominion of New England was created by
royal authority. The leader of the Dominion was Lord Edmund Andros who was disliked
because of his harsh regulations. He was shipped back to England.
7. The glorious (bloodless) revolution occurred in England to dethrone king James II.
• A period of salutary neglect –where navigation laws were only weakly enforced- started.
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Document Summary
He was banished from the massachusetts bay colony. The rhode island sewer : aided by friendly indians, roger williams fled to rhode island in 1636. Baptist church, and established complete freedom of religion even for jews and catholics: there were no taxes demanded for the church, no oaths had to be made for religious beliefs, rhode island became individualistic and stubbornly independent. He was shipped back to england: a period of salutary neglect where navigation laws were only weakly enforced- started, the glorious (bloodless) revolution occurred in england to dethrone king james ii. In 1662 charles ii granted connecticut a charter. In 1641, new hampshire was absorbed by the greedy massachusetts bay. The king took it back and made new hampshire a royal colony in 1679. Puritans versus indians: wampanoag chieftain signed a treaty with the plymouth pilgrims and helped them celebrate the first thanksgiving, hostility arose between english settlers and pequot tribe.
