2-3 Puritan New England

1. Puritans vs. the Results of the conflict

Church of England • Puritans suffered
religious persecution;
Causes of the conflict Some Puritans left
• Differences in England to form
religious beliefs colonies (Plymouth
Massachusetts bay in
America)
• The Puritans believed
that the Church of
England needed to be
purified by eliminating
all traces of
Catholicism
2. Puritan leaders vs. Results of the conflict
• Williams fled
Roger Williams Massachusetts and
founded Providence
Causes of the conflict
• Differences in religious
and political beliefs

• Williams believed that

English Settlers had no
rightful claim to land
unless they purchased it
from Native Americans
and the Puritan
government leaders had
no right to punish settlers
for worshiping according
to their conscience.
3. Puritan leaders vs. Results of the conflict
Anne Hutchinson • Hutchinson was
banished from
Causes of the conflict Massachusetts bay
• Differences in
religious and political
beliefs

• Hutchinson thought
that believers needed
neither the church nor
its ministers to
interpret the Bible
 Results of the conflict
4. Pequot War • A colonial victory; The
near destruction of
Causes of the conflict the Pequot Nation
• Differences in
religious beliefs

• Different
interpretations of land
treaties; The Puritan
belief that Native
Americans were
heathens
 Results of the conflict
5. King Philip’s War
• A colonial victory; The
Causes of the conflict
destruction of 16
• Differences in colonial villages; the
religious beliefs death of 1/10th of the
• Destruction of the colonial men of
Pequot way of life by military age; many
the Puritans Wampanoag
casualties; the end of
Native American
power in southeastern
New England
 John Winthrop
• Leader of the first
settlers at
Massachusetts Bay
Colony

• He was the
settlement’s first
governor
 Separatists
• Separatists are members of a Puritan group who
chose to leave the church and establish their
own congregations